تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.72.1

13.72.1

أخبرت أن سبب تركهم هذا المسجد غير مهدوم أن أحد البراهمة خرب سقفه ليصنع منه سقفا لبيته فاشتعلت النار في بيته فاحترق هو وأولاده ومتاعه! فاحترموا هذا المسجد ولم يعرضوا له بسوء بعدها وخدموه وجعلوا بخارجه الماء يشرب منه الصادر والوارد، وجعلوا على بابه شبكة لئلا يدخله الطير.

I was told that the reason they have left this mosque undemolished is that one of the Brahmans pulled down its roof to make a roof for his own house from it; fire broke out in his house, and he, his children and his goods were burnt! So they came to respect this mosque and did it no harm thereafter; they served it, placed water outside it for passers-by coming and going to drink, and put a net over its door so that birds should not enter it.