صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الزهد والرقائق
The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts
باب فَضْلِ بِنَاءِ الْمَسَاجِدِ:
Chapter: The Virtue Of Building Masajid
Hadith 533
This hadith is listed as number 7471 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى كلاهما ، عَنْ الضَّحَّاكِ ، قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ ، أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ أَرَادَ بِنَاءَ الْمَسْجِدِ ، فَكَرِهَ النَّاسُ ذَلِكَ وَأَحَبُّوا أَنْ يَدَعَهُ عَلَى هَيْئَتِهِ ، فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا لِلَّهِ بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِثْلَهُ " ،
Mahmud bin Labid reported that 'Uthman bin 'Affan decided to rebuild the mosque (of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) in Madinah) but the people did not like this idea and they wished that it should be preserved in the same (old) form. Thereupon he (Hadrat 'Uthman) said: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who builds a mosque for Allah, Allah would build for him (a house) in Paradise like it.
