In sum, with these two supporting reports, the hadith rises, Allah willing, to the rank of good. This is especially so since a hadith from Wathilah ibn al-Asqaʿ, traced back to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, conveys the same meaning, with the wording:

“Allah—exalted is He—will build for him a house better than it.”

It was recorded by Ahmad, al-Bukhari in al-Tarikh, and others. Its chain of transmission, however, contains weakness and an unknown narrator; for this reason, I included it in al-Daʿifah (6716).

Perhaps it was because of the supporting reports I have mentioned that al-Hafiz made no comment in al-Fath (1/546) on the hadith cited in the chapter heading or on the hadith of Wathilah. And Allah knows best. *

3446—(Whoever goes out and comes to this mosque—the Mosque of Quba—and prays in it will have the equivalent reward of an umrah.)

It was recorded by al-Bukhari in al-Tarikh (1/1/96), al-Nasaʾi (1/113–114), Ibn Majah (1412), al-Hakim (3/12), and, through al-Hakim’s route, al-Bayhaqi in Shuʿab al-Iman (3/499/4191); also by Ahmad (3/487), and al-Tabarani in al-Muʿjam al-Kabir (6/90–91/5558, 5559, 5561, and 5562), through several routes from Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Kirmani, who said: “I heard Abu Umamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf say: ‘My father said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said …’” He then cited it.

Al-Hakim said: “Its chain of transmission is authentic.” Al-Dhahabi agreed with him, and al-Mundhiri endorsed this in al-Targhib (2/138–139).

I say: It is as they said, for Ibn Hibban declared this al-Kirmani trustworthy (7/372), and a group of trustworthy narrators transmitted from him; al-Tahdhib lists six of them. Al-Hakim and al-Dhahabi also deemed his hadith authentic, as you have seen. Thus, his statement in al-Kashif: