حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَدِينَةَ وَأَمَرَ بِبِنَائِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ يَا بَنِي النَّجَّارِ ثَامِنُونِي فَقَالُوا لَا نَطْلُبُ ثَمَنَهُ إِلَّا إِلَی اللَّهِ فَأَمَرَ بِقُبُورِ الْمُشْرِکِينَ فَنُبِشَتْ ثُمَّ بِالْخِرَبِ فَسُوِّيَتْ وَبِالنَّخْلِ فَقُطِعَ فَصَفُّوا النَّخْلَ قِبْلَةَ الْمَسْجِدِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 1868
Narrated Anas: The Prophet came to Medina and ordered a mosque to be built and said, "O Bani Najjar! Suggest to me the price (of your land)." They said, "We do not want its price except from Allah" (i.e. they wished for a reward from Allah for giving up their land freely). So, the Prophet ordered the graves of the pagans to be dug out and the land to be leveled, and the date-palm trees to be cut down. The cut datepalms were fixed in the direction of the Qibla of the mosque.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020