Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 4655 — Praying in a house containing images

Ata al-Khurasani said: When the mosque was built during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), the people placed a citron (utrujjah) in the ceiling of the mosque. The gaze of anyone entering the mosque would rise to it. News of that reached Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and he ordered it to be taken down, so it was taken down.