Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 8917 — Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) arrived

Al-Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) (bin Mas'ud) arrived (in Kufah) when Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) had already built the palace, and he had built a mosque among the date-sellers (in their quarter) and used to go out to it for the prayers. When Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) became the overseer of the treasury (Bayt al-Mal), (someone) tunnelled into the treasury (dug through it to steal), and he caught the man. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) (about it), and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote back: "Do not cut off his hand; move the mosque, and place the treasury on the side facing the qiblah, for there will always be someone in the mosque praying." So Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) moved it and marked out this site. The palace that Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) had built was uneven (raised), and yet the imam used to stand on it, so Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered it to be demolished until the imam's place became level with the people.