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Sunan Abi Dawud 451 (Book 2, Hadith 61) #20742
Building the Mosque of the Prophet

SUMMARY: The mosque of the Prophet was built with bricks, its roof with branches of the palm-tree, and its pillars with palm-wood. Abu Bakr did not add anything to it but 'Umar and 'Uthman added to it by changing its pillars and building walls with decorated stone and lime.

'Abd Allah b. 'Umar reported: The mosque (of the Prophet) during his lifetime was built with bricks, its roof with branches of the palm-tree, and its pillars with palm-wood, as Mujahid said: Abu Bakr did not add anything to it. But 'Umar added to it; he built as it was built during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah with bricks and branches, and he changed its pillars. Mujahid said: Its pillars were made of wood'.Uthman changed it altogether with increasing addition. He built its walls with decorated stone and lime. And he built the pillars with decorated stone and its roof with teak. Mujahid said: Its roof was made of teak. Abu Dawud said: Al-Qassah means lime used as mortar.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ، وَمُجَاهِدُ بْنُ مُوسَى، - وَهُوَ أَتَمُّ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعٌ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مَبْنِيًّا بِاللَّبِنِ وَالْجَرِيدِ - قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ وَعَمَدُهُ مِنْ خَشَبِ النَّخْلِ - فَلَمْ يَزِدْ فِيهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ شَيْئًا وَزَادَ فِيهِ عُمَرُ وَبَنَاهُ عَلَى بِنَائِهِ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ بِاللَّبِنِ وَالْجَرِيدِ وَأَعَادَ عَمَدَهُ - قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ عُمُدَهُ خَشَبًا - وَغَيَّرَهُ عُثْمَانُ فَزَادَ فِيهِ زِيَادَةً كَثِيرَةً وَبَنَى جِدَارَهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ الْمَنْقُوشَةِ وَالْقَصَّةِ وَجَعَلَ عَمَدَهُ مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ مَنْقُوشَةٍ وَسَقَّفَهُ بِالسَّاجِ ‏.‏ قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ وَسَقْفُهُ السَّاجُ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْقَصَّةُ الْجِصُّ

TOPICS
mosque  *  building  *  bricks  *  pillars  *  lime  *  masjid  *  binaa  *  hajar  *  nakhl  *  awtaad  *  qassah  *  palmtree

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect places of worship, take care when making changes or additions

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith talks about how the mosque of Prophet Muhammad was built during his lifetime. It was constructed using bricks, branches from a palm tree, and wooden pillars. Abu Bakr did not make any changes to it but Umar changed some parts such as replacing wooden pillars with stones while Uthman made further additions by building walls using decorated stones and lime mortar for binding them together. This hadith teaches us that we should respect our places of worship by taking care of them in order to keep their sanctity intact. We should also be mindful when making changes or additions so that we do not compromise on their original purpose or design which is to provide a place for people to come together in prayer and remembrance of God Almighty.

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