The Blessing and Precedent of Converting Churches into Mosques
Chapter: Taking Churches as Mosques
Hannād b. al-Sarīy informed us, from Mulāzim who said, ʿAbdullah b. Badr narrated to us, from Qays b. Ṭalq, from his father Ṭalq b. ʿAlī (رضي الله عنه) who said:
“We went out as a delegation to the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم). We gave him our pledge of allegiance and prayed with him. We informed him there was a church that belonged to us back in our land. We requested him to give us the leftovers of his purification (i.e. wuḍūʾwater). So he called for water, performed wuḍūʾ and rinsed out his mouth, then he poured it into a vessel and commanded us:
‘Set...