No. 1056

Abu Dharr reported: I said: Messenger of Allaah, which mosque was set up first on the earth? He said: Al-Masjid al-Haram (the sacred). I (again) said: Then which next? He said: It was the Masjid Aqsa. I (again) said: How long the space of time (between their setting up)? He (the Prophet) said: It was forty years. And whenever the time comes for prayer, pray there, for that is a mosque; and in the hadith transmitted by Abu Kamil (the words are):" Whenever time comes for prayer, pray, for that is a mosque (for you)."

No. 1057

Ibrahim b. Yazid al-Tayml reported: I used to read the Qur'an with my father in the vestibule (before the door of the mosque). When I recited the ayat (verses) concerning prostration, he prostrated himself. I said to him: Father, do you prostrate yourself in the path? He said: I heard Abu Dharr saying: I asked the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) about the mosque that was first set up on the earth. He said: Masjid Harim. I said: Then which next? He said: The Masjid al-Aqsa. I said: How long is the space of time between the two? He said: Forty years. He (then) further said: The earth is a mosque for you, so wherever you are at the time of prayer, pray there.

No. 1058

Jabir b. 'Abdullah al-Ansari reported: The Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: I have been conferred upon five (things) which were not granted to anyone before me (and these are): Every Prophet wassent particularly to his own people, whereas I have been sent to all the red and the black the spoils of war have been made lawful for me, and these were never made lawful to anyone before me, and the earth has been made sacred and pure and mosque for me, so whenever the time of prayer comes for any one of you he should pray whenever he is, and I have been supported by awe (by which the enemy is overwhelmed) from the distance (which one takes) one month to cover and I have been granted intercession.

No. 1059

Jabir b. 'Abdullah related that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, and he related like this.

No. 1060

Hudhaifa reported: The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: We have been made to excel (other) people in three (things): Our rows have been made like the rows of the angels and the whole earth has been made a mosque for us, and its dust has been made a purifier for us in case water is not available. And he mentioned another characteristic too

No. 1061

Hudhaifa reported: The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said like this.

No. 1062

Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: I have been given superiority over the other prophets in six respects: I have been given words which are concise but comprehensive in meaning; I have been helped by terror (in the hearts of enemies): spoils have been made lawful to me: the earth has been made for me clean and a place of worship; I have been sent to all mankind and the line of prophets is closed with me.

No. 1063

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: I have been commissioned with words which are concise but comprehensive in meaning; I have been helped by terror (in the hearts of enemies): and while I was asleep I was brought the keys of the treasures of the earth which were placed in my hand. And Abfi Huraira added: The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) has left (for his heavenly home) and you are now busy in getting them.

No. 1064

Abu Huraira reported: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying a hadith like that of Yunus.

No. 1065

This hadith has been narratted by Abu Huraira by another chain of transmitters.

No. 1066

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: I have been helped by terror (in the heart of the enemy) ; I have been given words which are concise but comprehensive in meaning; and while I was asleep I was brought the keys of the treasures of the earth which were placed in my hand.

No. 1067

Hammam b. Munabbih reported: That is what Abu Huraira reported to us from the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and he narrated (some) ahadith one of which is that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: I have been helped by terror (in the hearts of enemies) and I have been given words which are concise but comprehensive in meaning.