The Virtue of Mosques, Their Sanctity and the Reward for Those Who Pray in Them
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 38
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Book 1, Chapter 38
The Virtue of Mosques, Their Sanctity and the Reward for Those Who Pray in Them
وَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ إِذَا رَأَى اَلْمَحَارِيبَ فِي اَلْمَسَاجِدِ كَسَّرَهَا وَ يَقُولُ «كَأَنَّهَا مَذَابِحُ اَلْيَهُودِ.
When Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام saw the niches (mihrabs) in mosques, he would break them and say, "It is as if they are the altars of the Jews."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh