Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2965b

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"On the authority of 'Uthman ibn 'Ata', from his father who said: When 'Umar ibn al-Khattab conquered the lands, he wrote to Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, who was governor of Basra, ordering him to build a mosque for the congregation and to build a mosque for the tribes; so when Friday came, they would gather at the congregational mosque and attend the Friday prayer. He wrote likewise to Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, who was governor of Kufa, and he wrote likewise to 'Amr ibn al-'As, who was governor of Egypt. He wrote to the commanders of Syria that they should not go out to the villages, but should settle in the cities, and that they should build one mosque in each city, and that the tribes should not build mosques as the people of Kufa, Basra and Egypt had done. The people adhered to the command and covenant of 'Umar."

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