وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: وَدَّعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلًا فَقَالَ لَهُ: ”أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟“، قَالَ: أُرِيدُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ”صَلَاةٌ فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ صَلَاةٍ فِي غَيْرِهِ إِلَّا الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ“
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was bidding farewell to a man, so he asked him: "Well, tell me, where do you intend to go?" He said: "I intend to go to Bayt al-Maqdis." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said to him: "One prayer performed in this mosque of mine is superior to a thousand prayers in other mosques, except for al-Masjid al-Haram."