Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ عَنْ 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.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja'far told us, Shu'bah told us, from Sulayman, who said: I heard Ibrahim al-Taymi narrating from his father, from Abu Dharr, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that he asked him about the first mosque established for people. He said: "The Sacred Mosque, then the Farthest Mosque (Bayt al-Maqdis)." He was asked: "How much time was between them?" He said: "Forty years. And wherever the time for prayer overtakes you, then pray, for that is a mosque."