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Hadith 709
Hadith #
709
Book
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume
1
Section
38
Part
Content
Chapter
The Virtue of Mosques, Their Sanctity and the Reward for Those Who Pray in Them
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
Hadith.708 - Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) saw a mosque in Kufa that had been decorated or elevated and said: "It is as if it is a church. Mosques are not to be adorned; they should be built plain (simple)."
708 - وَ رَأَى عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ مَسْجِداً بِالْكُوفَةِ قَدْ شُرِّفَ قَالَ «كَأَنَّهُ بِيعَةٌ إِنَّ اَلْمَسَاجِدَ لاَ تُشَرَّفُ تُبْنَى جُمّاً.
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