حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثَنَا عَفَّانُ ثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ وَسُلَيْمَانُ الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: كُنْتُ أَعْرِضُ عَلَيْهِ وَيَعْرِضُ عَلَيَّ وَقَالَ أَبُو عَوَانَةَ: كُنْتُ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِ وَيَقْرَأُ عَلَيَّ فِي السِّكَّةِ فَيَمُرُّ بِالسَّجْدَةِ فَيَسْجُدُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَتَسْجُدُ فِي السِّكَّةِ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ يَقُولُ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! أَيُّ مَسْجِدٍ وُضِعَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَوَّلًا؟ قَالَ: ((الْمَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامُ)) قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيٌّ؟ قَالَ: ((ثُمَّ الْمَسْجِدُ الْأَقْصَى)) قَالَ: قُلْتُ: كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا؟ قَالَ: ((أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً)) ثُمَّ قَالَ: ((أَيْنَمَا أَدْرَكَتْكَ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلِّ فَإِنَّهُ مَسْجِدٌ، وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ فَكُلُّهَا مَسْجِدٌ))
Abu Awanah says: While walking in the street, I would recite the Qur'an to Ibrahim Taimi and he to me. When Ibrahim recited a verse of prostration, he would perform prostration. I said: Do you perform prostration in the street? He said: Yes! I heard from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah! Which mosque was built first on the earth? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Al-Masjid al-Haram. I said: Then which one? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then Al-Masjid al-Aqsa. I said: What was the time span between the two? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Forty years. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Wherever prayer overtakes you, pray there, for that is a mosque. And in another narration: The whole earth is a mosque.