Zuhayr ibn Harb and Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us — and the wording is that of Ibn al-Muthanna — they said: al-Dahhak ibn Makhlad narrated to us, from Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja'far, who said: my father narrated to me, from Mahmud ibn Labid, that Uthman ibn Affan wanted to build the mosque, but the people disliked that and preferred that he leave it in its original state. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "Whoever builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will build for him the like of it in Paradise."