Sunan an-Nasa'i 690
Which Masjid Was Built First?
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أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ
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 ﷺ أَىُّ مَسْجِدٍ وُضِعَ أَوَّلاً قَالَ الْمَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامُ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ أَىُّ قَالَ الْمَسْجِدُ الأَقْصَى قُلْتُ وَكَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا قَالَ أَرْبَعُونَ عَامًا وَالأَرْضُ لَكَ مَسْجِدٌ فَحَيْثُمَا أَدْرَكْتَ الصَّلاَةَ فَصَلِّ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAlī b. Ḥujr
- ʿAlī b. Mushir
- al-Aʿmash
- Ibrāhīm
"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 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.
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Abu Ghuddah | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
Other narrations of this report
Musnad Ahmad 21383Musnad Ahmad 21422Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 1464Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37083
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 31 AH, or: 32 AHأَبُو ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيُّالصحابيسمعت
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. during the caliphate of ʿAbd al-Malikيزيد بن شريك بن طارق التيميثقة .صريح في السماع
- trustworthy (thiqah), except that he narrates mursal reports and commits tadlīs (tadlīs)d. 92 AH, or 93 AH, or 94 AH, or 95 AHإِبْرَاهِيمَثقة إلا أنه يرسل ويدلسعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), knowledgeable in the recitations (qirāʾāt), scrupulous (wariʿ), but he practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. Abū ʿAwānah said, and ʿAbd Allāh b. Dāwūd: 147 AH. Wakīʿ said, and more than one: 148 AH. And al-Khaṭīb considered it correct. Also said: 145 AHالْأَعْمَشِثقة حافظ , عارف بالقراءات ورع لكنه يدلسعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), with some odd reports (gharāʾib) after he went blindd. 189 AHعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍثقة له غرائب بعد ما أضرحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 244 AH, also said: 241 AH, also said: 243 AHعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍثقة حافظأخبرنا
- the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AHالنَّسَائِيُّالحافظ
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.
Commentaries
Ḥāshiyat al-Suyūṭī on Tirmidhī
Hāshiyat al-Sindī on Nasāʾī
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