708 - وَ رَأَى عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ مَسْجِداً بِالْكُوفَةِ قَدْ شُرِّفَ قَالَ «كَأَنَّهُ بِيعَةٌ إِنَّ اَلْمَسَاجِدَ لاَ تُشَرَّفُ تُبْنَى جُمّاً.
Hadith.708 - Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib 
saw a mosque in Kufa that had been decorated or elevated and said:
"It is as if it is a church. Mosques are not to be adorned; they should be built plain (simple)."
