Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), or perhaps Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her), narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "One prayer offered in my mosque is better than a thousand prayers offered anywhere else, except that the case of al-Masjid al-Aqsa is different." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: The hadith narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) is mentioned in the "Sahih", but it does not contain the words: "except that the case of al-Masjid al-Aqsa is different." After this he repeated this narration with the same chain and recorded the words: "except that the case of al-Masjid al-Haram is different." He
recorded this narration with another chain from both Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her), that is, in it he did not express doubt. The narrators of the first narration are the narrators of the Sahih, and the narrators of the second narration are thiqat (trustworthy).
Imam Abu Ya'la recorded this narration from Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) alone.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الحج / 5861
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:«إسناده صحيح ، رجاله رجال الصحيح ورجال الأخير ثقات»
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه البزار فى المسند (1193) اخرجه ابو يعلى فى المسند (4691) اخرجه احمد فى المسند (7720 و 7725 و 7726) ، أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 7681، وأخرجه موطأ مالك برقم: 461»