Sunan An-Nasa`i — Hadith 691
Sahih
Sunan An-Nasa`i : 691
It was narrated that Ibrahim said:
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قال: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قال: كُنْتُ أَقْرَأُ عَلَى أَبِي الْقُرْآنَ فِي السِّكَّةِ، فَإِذَا قَرَأْتُ السَّجْدَةَ سَجَدَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَتِ، أَتَسْجُدُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ، يَقُولُ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَيُّ مَسْجِدٍ وُضِعَ أَوَّلًا ؟ قَالَ: الْمَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامُ ، قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيٌّ ؟ قَالَ: الْمَسْجِدُ الْأَقْصَى ، قُلْتُ: وَكَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا ؟ قَالَ: أَرْبَعُونَ عَامًا، وَالْأَرْضُ لَكَ مَسْجِدٌ فَحَيْثُمَا أَدْرَكْتَ الصَّلَاةَ فَصَلِّ . +
I used to recite Qur'an to my father on the road, and if I recited a verse in which prostration was required, he would prostrate. I said: 'O my father, do you prostrate on the street?' He said: 'I heard Abu Dharr رضی اللہ عنہ say: I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): 'Which Masjid was built first?' He said: 'Al-Masjid Al-Haram.' [1] I said: 'Then which?' He said: 'Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa.' [2] I said: 'How long was there between them?' He said: 'Forty years. And the earth is a Masjid (or a place of prostration) for you, so wherever you are when the time for prayer comes, pray.' [1] In Makkah. [2] Furthest Masjid , meaning the Masjid in Jerulsalem.