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The Virtue Of Building Masjids

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Darussalam · Volume 1

8. The Book Of The Masjids

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الحديث: 688 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 31

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689. It was narrated from 'Amr bin 'Abasah that the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "Whoever builds a Masjid in which Allâh is remembered, Allâh, (the Mighty and Sublime) will build for him a house in Paradise." (Sahîh)

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688 - أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، عَنْ بَحِيرٍ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ، عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا يُذْكَرُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ بَنَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ»

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The objective of building a mosque should be the remembrance of Allâh. It is not a work of any merit to build a mosque prompted by dispute, obstinacy, rivalry or hostility, hypocrisy and vanity, or for fame. Engraving one's name upon the mosque or mounting on it nameplates might fall under hypocrisy and vanity. In the same way, building a mosque for a particular sect with a view to prohibiting the admission of other sects into it, contradicts the purpose of a mosque and is not beneficial.