Abu Dharr RA reported: I said: "Messenger of Allah (SAW): which mosque was setup first (on the earth?"
He SAW said: "Al-Masjid al-Haram (the Sacred)."
I (again) said: "Then which next?"
He SAW said: "It was the Masjid Aqsa."
I (again) said: "How long the space of time (between their setting up)?
He (the Holy Prophet Muhammad SAW) said: "It was 40 years. And whenever the time for prayer, pray there, for that is a mosque," & in the hadith transmitted by Abu Kamil (the words are):
"Whenever tine comes for prayer (solat), pray, for that is a mosque (for you)."
- Sahih Muslim (No. 1056).
Attributes of the Prophet Muhammad SAW Praise be to Allah, the Lord of Creations, and Peace and blessings be upon our prophet Muhammad, the faithful and the honest. Oh, Allah, we know nothing but what You teach us. You are the All- Knower, the Wise. Oh Allah, teach us what is good for us, and benefit us from what You taught us, and increase our knowledge. Show us the righteous things as righteous and help us to do them, and show us the bad things as bad and help us to keep away from them. O Allah our Lord, lead us out from the depths of darkness and illusion, unto the lights of erudition and knowledge, and from the muddy shallows of lusts unto the heavens of Your Vicinity. Dear brothers, this is the first part of the introduction to our new series: “Ways of access and signs of acceptance”, inspired by Allah’s Words: "I am only a man like you. It has been inspired to me." [Al Kahf, 110] It is as if in this ayah Allah the ...
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