Ubaidullah al-Khaulini reported: 'Uthman bin 'Affan listened to the opinion of the people (which was not favourable) when he rebuilt the mosque of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) . Thereupon he said: You have not been fair to me for I have heard from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) saying: He who built a mosque for Allah, the Exalted, Allah would build for him a house in Paradise. Bukair said: I think he (the Holy Prophet) said: While he seeks the pleasure of Allah (by building the mosque). And in the narration of Ibn 'Isa (the words are):" (a house) like that (mosque) in Paradise."

Mahmud bin Labid reported: When 'Uthman bin 'Affan intended to build the mosque (of the Prophet) the people did not approve of it. They liked that it should be kept in the same state. Thereupon he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say: He who built a mosque for Allah, Allah would build a house for him like it in Paradise.

'Abdullah al-Khaulani reported that when 'Uthman bin 'Affan tried to rebuild the mosque of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) the people began to talk about this. 'Uthman bin 'Affan said: You discuss it very much whereas I have heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: "He who builds a mosque .." and the narrator Bukair said: I think he also said: (for) seeking the pleasure of Allah, Allah would build (a similar house for him in Paradise), and in the narration of Harun (the words are): "A house for him in Paradise."

Mahmud bin Labid reported that 'Uthman bin 'Affan decided to rebuild the mosque (of Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) in Madinah) but the people did not like this idea and they wished that it should be preserved in the same (old) form. Thereupon he (Hadrat 'Uthman) said: I heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: He who builds a mosque for Allah, Allah would build for him (a house) in Paradise like it.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ja'far with the same chain of transmitters with this variation (that the words are): "Allah would build for him a house in Paradise."