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قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ} [آل عمران: 96]

nasai-kubra:11003 – Bishr b. Khālid > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Ibrāhīm from his father > Abū Dhar

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked about the first mosque built for the people. He said, "The Sacred Mosque (in Mecca) and the Al-Aqsa Mosque." He was asked about the time period between them. He said, "Forty years, and wherever prayer reaches you, pray, for that place is also a mosque."

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٠٠٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَهُ عَنْ أَوَّلِ مَسْجِدٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ قَالَ «مَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامِ وَبَيْتُ الْمَقْدِسِ» فَسُئِلَ كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا؟ قَالَ «أَرْبَعُونَ عَامًا وَحَيْثُ مَا أَدْرَكَتْكَ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلِّ فَثَمَّ مَسْجِدٌ»

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ahmad:21468 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Ibrāhīm al-Taymī from his father > Abū Dhar

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked about the first mosque that was built for the people. He said, "The Sacred Mosque (in Mecca) and then the Al-Aqsa Mosque (in Jerusalem)." He was asked, "How many years between them?" He said, "Forty years. And wherever the prayer time reaches you, pray there. And then there will be another mosque."

أحمد:٢١٤٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَهُ عَنْ أَوَّلِ مَسْجِدٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ قَالَ مَسْجِدُ الْحَرامِ ثُمَّ بَيْتُ الْمَقْدِسِ فَسُئِلَ كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا؟ قَالَ أَرْبَعُونَ عَامًا وَحَيْثُمَا أَدْرَكَتْكَ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلِّ فَثَمَّ مَسْجِدٌ