Is the saying: "Cleaning mosques is the dowry for the Houris" authentically reported from the Messenger (peace be upon him)? And if not, are there any narrations that indicate this meaning?
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The "Removing trash from the mosque is the dowry of the wide-eyed houris" is weak, and its chain of narration contains unknown narrators. However, cleaning the mosque has great merit. There was a black woman who used to clean the mosque, and when she died, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed over her after he was guided to her grave. In a weak narration, she replied to him that "cleaning the mosque" was the best deed she found.
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