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 رَأَى عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ مَسْجِداً بِالْكُوفَةِ قَدْ شُرِّفَ قَالَ «كَأَنَّهُ بِيعَةٌ إِنَّ اَلْمَسَاجِدَ لاَ تُشَرَّفُ تُبْنَى جُمّاً.
Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام 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)."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh