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Hadith 722
Hadith #
722
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.722 - It is narrated that Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as), passed by a tall minaret and ordered it to be demolished. He then said
"The minaret should not be raised higher than the roof of the mosque”.
722 - وَ رُوِيَ: «أَنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ مَرَّ عَلَى مَنَارَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ فَأَمَرَ بِهَدْمِهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ «لاَ تُرْفَعُ اَلْمَنَارَةُ إِلاَّ مَعَ سَطْحِ اَلْمَسْجِدِ ».
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