Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Habbah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a man came to Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "Indeed, I have bought a camel and prepared my travel provisions, and I intend to go to Bayt al-Maqdis." Upon this, he (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Sell your camel and pray in this mosque." Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "That is, in the mosque of Kufa... because after the Sacred Mosque, there is no mosque more beloved to me than this one."