Hadith #227
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعٌ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَبْنِيًّا بِاللَّبِنِ وَسَقْفُهُ الْجَرِيدُ وَعُمُدُهُ خَشَبُ النَّخْلِ فَلَمْ يَزِدْ فِيهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ شَيْئًا وَزَادَ فِيهِ عُمَرُ وَبَنَاهُ عَلَى بِنَائِهِ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِاللَّبِنِ وَالْجَرِيدِ وَأَعَادَ عُمُدَهُ خَشَبًا ثُمَّ غَيَّرَهُ عُثْمَانُ فَزَادَ فِيهِ زِيَادَةً كَثِيرَةً وَبَنَى جِدَارَهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ الْمَنْقُوشَةِ وَالْقَصَّةِ وَجَعَلَ عُمُدَهُ مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ مَنْقُوشَةٍ وَسَقْفَهُ بِالسَّاجِ
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) — via Ya'qub, from his father, from Salih, from Nafi' — that 'Abdullah informed him that the mosque during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was built of mud brick, its roof of palm fronds, and its columns of palm trunks. Abu Bakr did not add anything to it. 'Umar added to it and built it according to the construction in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ — using mud brick and palm fronds — and restored its columns from wood. Then 'Uthman changed it and greatly expanded it: he built its walls of dressed stone and plaster, made its columns of dressed stone, and its roof of teak wood.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 15, Hadith 227
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 5865
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-42255