Hadith 21468

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَهُ عَنْ أَوَّلِ مَسْجِدٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ ، قَالَ : " الْمَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامُ ثُمَّ بَيْتُ الْمَقْدِسِ " فَسُئِلَ كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا ؟ قَالَ : " أَرْبَعُونَ عَامًا ، وَحَيْثُمَا أَدْرَكَتْكَ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلِّ فَثَمَّ مَسْجِدٌ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I asked the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Which was the first mosque built on earth? The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Masjid al-Haram. I asked: Then which one? He said: Masjid al-Aqsa. I asked: What was the interval between the two? The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Forty years. I asked: Then which mosque? The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then wherever you find the time for prayer, perform it there, for the whole earth is a mosque.
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند الأنصار رضي الله عنهم / 21468
Hadith Grading حکم دارالسلام: إسناده صحيح، خ: 3366، م: 520