Hadith 520
This hadith is listed as number 1161 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ . ح ، قَالَ : وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : " يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَيُّ مَسْجِدٍ وُضِعَ فِي الأَرْضِ أَوَّلُ ؟ قَالَ : الْمَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامُ ، قُلْتُ : ثُمَّ أَيٌّ ؟ قَالَ : الْمَسْجِدُ الأَقْصَى ، قُلْتُ : كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا ؟ قَالَ : أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً ، وَأَيْنَمَا أَدْرَكَتْكَ الصَّلَاةُ ، فَصَلِّ ، فَهُوَ مَسْجِدٌ " ، وَفِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي كَامِلٍ : ثُمَّ حَيْثُمَا أَدْرَكَتْكَ الصَّلَاةُ ، فَصَلِّهْ ، فَإِنَّهُ مَسْجِدٌ .
Abu Dharr (RA) reported: I said: Messenger of Allah, which mosque was set up first on the earth? He said: Al-Masjid al-Haram (the sacred). I (again) said: Then which next? He said: It was the Masjid Aqsa. I (again) said: How long the space of time (between their setting up)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: It was forty years. And whenever the time comes for prayer, pray there, for that is a mosque; and in the hadith transmitted by Abu Kamil (the words are): "Whenever time comes for prayer, pray, for that is a mosque (for you)."
