سنن نسائی · Hadith 694

It was narrated that Ibrahim said: “I used to recite Qur’an to my father on the road, and if I recited a verse in which a prostration was required, he would prostrate. I said: ‘my father, do you prostrate on the street?’ He said: ‘I heard Abu Dharr say: “I asked the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم : ‘Which Masjid was built first?’ He said: ‘Al-Masjid Al Hasram.’ I said: ‘Then which?’ He said: ‘Al-Masjid Al-Aq 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.” (Sahih).

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020