Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ مَسْجِدٍ وُضِعَ أَوَّلُ قَالَ الْمَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامُ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ أَيٌّ قَالَ ثُمَّ الْمَسْجِدُ الْأَقْصَى قَالَ قُلْتُ كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا قَالَ أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً ثُمَّ أَيْنَمَا أَدْرَكَتْكَ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلِّ فَهُوَ مَسْجِدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ فَذَكَرَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَيُّ مَسْجِدٍ وُضِعَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَوَّلُ.
English Translation
Waki' told us, from Sufyan, from al-A'mash, from Ibrahim al-Taymi, from his father, from Abu Dharr, who said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, which mosque was placed first? He said: "The Sacred Mosque." I said: Then which? He said: "Then the Farthest Mosque." I said: How long between them? He said: "Forty years. Then wherever the time of prayer overtakes you, pray, for it is a mosque." Ubaydah told us: al-A'mash told us and mentioned it, except that he said: "Which mosque was placed on earth first?"