English Translation

Sufyan narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Ibrahim at-Taymi, from his father, from Abu Dharr, who said: I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: "Which mosque was first established on earth?" He said: "The Sacred Mosque (al-Masjid al-Haram)." I said: "Then which?" He said: "Then the Farthest Mosque (al-Masjid al-Aqsa)." I said: "How long was between them?" He said: "Forty years." I said: "Then which?" He said: "Then wherever the time of prayer overtakes you, pray, for the whole earth is a mosque [for prayer]."