صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الحج
The Book of Pilgrimage
باب فَضْلِ الصَّلاَةِ بِمَسْجِدَيْ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ:
Chapter: The virtue of praying in the Masajid of Makkah and Al-Madinah
Hadith 1394
This hadith is listed as number 3376 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقَ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، حدثنا عِيسَى بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِمْصِيُّ ، حدثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حدثنا الزُّبَيْدِيُّ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، وأبى عبد الله الأغر ، مولى الجهنيين ، وكان من أصحاب أبي هريرة ، أنهما سمعا أبا هريرة ، يَقُولُ : " صَلَاةٌ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ صَلَاةٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ مِنَ الْمَسَاجِدِ ، إِلَّا الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ آخِرُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ ، وَإِنَّ مَسْجِدَهُ آخِرُ الْمَسَاجِدِ " ، قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ ، وَأَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، لَمْ نَشُكَّ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ يَقُولُ ، عَنْ حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَمَنَعَنْا ذَلِكَ أَنْ نَسْتَثْبِتَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ الْحَدِيثِ حَتَّى إِذَا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ تَذَاكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ ، وَتَلَاوَمْنَا أَنْ لَا نَكُونَ كَلَّمْنَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فِي ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يُسْنِدَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، إِنْ كَانَ سَمِعَهُ مِنْهُ ، فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ جَالَسَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ قَارِظٍ ، فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ الْحَدِيثَ ، وَالَّذِي فَرَّطْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ نَصِّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنْهُ ، فقَالَ لَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ : أَشْهَدُ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ ، قَالَ : رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " فَإِنِّي آخِرُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ ، وَإِنَّ مَسْجِدِي آخِرُ الْمَسَاجِدِ .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: Prayer in the mosque of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) is more excellent than a thousand prayers in other mosques except the Masjid al-Haram, for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) is the last of the Apostles, and his mosque is the last of the mosques. Abu Salama and Abu'Abdullah (two of the narrators in this chain of narrations said: We had no doubt that what Abu Haraira (RA) had said was from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , and so we did not like to get an attestation from Abu Hurairah (RA) about this hadith until Abu Hurairah (RA) died. We discussed it (the issue of getting attestation from Abu Hurairah (RA) ) amongst ourselves and blamed one another as to why we did not talk about it to Abu Hurairah (RA) regarding it so that he could attribute its transmission to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in case he had heard it from him. While we were discussing it as we sat with 'Abdullah bin Ibrahlm bin Qariz; we made a mention of this hadith, and our omission (in getting its attestation) about its direct transmission by Abu Hurairah (RA) from him (the Holy Proohet); thereupon'Abdullah bin Ibrahim said to us: I bear witness to the fact that I heard Abu Hurairah (RA) say that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: I am the last of the Apostles and my mosque is the last of the mosques.
