Usul16

Construction of the Masjid of the Holy Prophet

3 narrations

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alkafi-4890Vol. 3, p. 295-296

سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‌ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص بَنَى مَسْجِدَهُ بِالسَّمِيطِ[2] ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَثُرُوا فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَمَرْتَ بِالْمَسْجِدِ فَزِيدَ فِيهِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَزِيدَ فِيهِ وَ بَنَاهُ بِالسَّعِيدَةِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَثُرُوا فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَمَرْتَ بِالْمَسْجِدِ فَزِيدَ فِيهِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَزِيدَ فِيهِ وَ بَنَى جِدَار

‘The Messenger of Allah built his Masjid with an arrangement of one brick. The number of Muslims increased and they asked, “O Messenger of Allah, issue a command to expand the Masjid.” He responded positively and commanded to expand it and it was expanded. It was built with an arrangement of one and a half bricks. Then

alkafi-4892Vol. 3, p. 296

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع كَمْ كَانَ مَسْجِدُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ كَانَ ثَلَاثَةَ آلَافٍ وَ سِتَّمِائَةِ[2] ذِرَاعٍ تَكْسِيراً.

“I asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘What was the size of Masjid of the Messenger of Allah?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘It was three thousand and six hundred square yards.’”