Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Let Allah destroy the Jews for they have taken the graves of their apostles as places of worship.
Read More..Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Let there be curse of Allah upon the Jews and the Christians for they have taken the graves of their apostles as places of worship.
Read More..A'isha and Abdullah reported: As the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was about to breathe his last, he drew his sheet upon his face and when he felt uneasy, he uncovered his face and said in that very state: Let there be curse upon the Jews and the Christians that they have taken the graves of their apostles as places of worship. He in fact warned (his men) against what they (the Jews and the Christians) did.
Read More..Jundub reported: I heard from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) five days before his death and he said: I stand acquitted before Allah that I took any one of you as friend, for Allah has taken me as His friend, as he took Ibrahim as His friend. Had I taken any one of my Ummah as a friend, I would have taken Abu Bakr as a friend. Beware of those who preceded you and used to take the graves of their prophets and righteous men as places of worship, but you must not take graves as mosques; I forbid you to do that.
Read More..Ubaidullah al-Khaulini reported: 'Uthman b. 'Affan listened to the opinion of the people (which was not favourable) when he rebuilt the mosque of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). Thereupon he said: You have not been fair to me for I have heard from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) saying: He who built a mosque for Allah, the Exalted, Allah would build for him a house in Paradise. Bukair said: I think he (the Holy Prophet) said: While he seeks the pleasure of Allah (by building the mosque). And in the narration of Ibn 'Isa (the words are): (a house) like that (mosque) in Paradise.
Read More..Mahmud b. Labid reported: When 'Uthman b. 'Affan intended to build the mosque (of the Prophet) the people did not approve of it. They liked that it should be kept in the same state. Thereupon he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say: He who built a mosque for Allah, Allah would build a house for him like it in Paradise.
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