Sahih Muslim Book - 15, Hadith - 3376

حَدَّثَنِى إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِمْصِىُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّبَيْدِىُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِىِّ عَنْ أَبِى سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَأَبِى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَغَرِّ مَوْلَى الْجُهَنِيِّينَ - وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ أَبِى هُرَيْرَةَ - أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ صَلاَةٌ فِى مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ صَلاَةٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ مِنَ الْمَسَاجِدِ إِلاَّ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- آخِرُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَإِنَّ مَسْجِدَهُ آخِرُ الْمَسَاجِدِ. قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَأَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لَمْ نَشُكَّ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ يَقُولُ عَنْ حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَمَنَعَنَا ذَلِكَ أَنْ نَسْتَثْبِتَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ الْحَدِيثِ حَتَّى إِذَا تُوُفِّىَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ تَذَاكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ وَتَلاَوَمْنَا أَنْ لاَ نَكُونَ كَلَّمْنَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فِى ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يُسْنِدَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- إِنْ كَانَ سَمِعَهُ مِنْهُ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ جَالَسَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ قَارِظٍ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ الْحَدِيثَ وَالَّذِى فَرَّطْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ نَصِّ أَبِى هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ لَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَشْهَدُ أَنِّى سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « فَإِنِّى آخِرُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَإِنَّ مَسْجِدِى آخِرُ الْمَسَاجِدِ ».

It was narrated from Abu Salamah bin ‘Abdur-Rahman and Abu Abdullah Al-Agharr, the freed slave of the Juhanis - who were companions of Abu Hurairah - that they heard Abu Hurairah say: “One prayer in the Masjid of the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) is better than a thousand prayers in any other Masjid, except Al-Masjid Al-Haram, and the Messenger of Allah (SAW) is the last of the Prophets, and his Masjid is the last of the Masajid.” Abu Salamah and Abu Abdur-Rahman said: “We did not doubt that Abu Hurairah was narrating the words of the Messenger of Allah (SAW), and this kept us from asking him for proof of that Hadith. Then when Abu Hurairah died, we discussed that and blamed one another for not speaking to Abu Hurairah about that, so that he could have attributed it to the Messenger of Allah (SAW) if heard it from him. While we were like that, Abdullah bin Ibrahim bin Qariz sat down with us and we told him this Hadith and how we had neglected to ascertain whether Abu Hurairah was narrating it directly from the Prophet (SAW), Abdullah bin Ibrahim bin Qariz said to us: ‘I bear witness that I heard Abu Hurairah say: ‘The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: ‘I am the last of the Prophets and my Masjid is the last of the Masajid.’’’”