Al-Kafi 4908

Translation

Ali Bin Muhammad and Muhammad Bin Al Hassan, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al Mugheira, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^asws, said, ‘I heard him^asws saying: ‘Rasool-Allah^saww, his^saww Masjid was built in <span class="iTxt">Al-Sameyt</span> manner (brick by brick). Then the Muslims became numerous, so they said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^saww! If only you^saww would order with the Masjid so there would be an increase in it’. So he^saww said: ‘Yes’. So he^saww ordered with it, and there was an increase in it, and it was built <span class="iTxt">Al-Saeedat</span> manner (a brick by half brick). Then the Muslims became numerous, and they said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^saww! If only you^saww would order with the Masjid so there can be an increase in it’. So he^saww said: ‘Yes’. So he^saww ordered with it, and there was an increase in it, and its walls were built in the male and female manner (Zakr bil Unsa – i.e. two opposite sides). Then the heat became intense upon them, so they said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^saww! If only you^saww would order with the Masjid, so there can be shade’. So he^saww said: ‘Yes’. So he^saww ordered with it, and the straps from palm trunks were placed therein. Then the beams and the baskets, and the grass was thrown on top of it. So they lived therein (under the shade) until the rain hit them. So the Masjid became inappropriate for them, and they said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^saww! If only you^saww would order us, so we would apply clay upon it’. So Rasool-Allah^saww said to them: ‘There shall be no shafts like the shafts of Musa^as’. So it did not cease to be like that until Rasool-Allah^saww passed away, and its wall was such that it would shade an upright person. When it (the shadow) was on one cubit, and it was like the crouching goat, Al-Zohr <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> was prayed, and when it was double that, Al-Asr was prayed’. And he^asws said: ‘Al-Sameyt, is a brick by brick, and Al-Saeeda is a brick and a half brick, and Al-Zakr Bil Unsa is building two opposite sides’.

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