صحیح مسلم #3377
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ جَمِيعًا عَنْ الثَّقَفِيِّ قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّی حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَی بْنَ سَعِيدٍ يَقُولُ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا صَالِحٍ هَلْ سَمِعْتَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَذْکُرُ فَضْلَ الصَّلَاةِ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لَا وَلَکِنْ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ قَارِظٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ صَلَاةٌ فِي مَسْجِدِي هَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ صَلَاةٍ أَوْ کَأَلْفِ صَلَاةٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ مِنْ الْمَسَاجِدِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَکُونَ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported: Prayer in the mosque of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) is more excellent than a thousand prayers in other mosques except the Masjid al-Haram, for Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) is the last of the Apostles, and his mosque is the last of the mosques. Abu Salama and Abu Abdullah (two of the narrators in this chain of narrations said: We had no doubt that what Abu Haraira (Allah be pleased with him) had said was from Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and so we did not like to get an attestation from Abu Huraira about this hadith until Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) died. We discussed it (the issue of getting attestation from Abu Huraira) amongst ourselves and blamed one another as to why we did not talk about it to Abu Huraira regarding it so that he could attribute its transmission to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) in case he had heard It from him. While we were discussing it as we sat with 'Abdullah b. Ibrahlm b. Qariz; we made a mention of this hadith, and our omission (in getting its attestation) about its direct transmission by Abu Huraira from him (the Holy Proohet) ; thereupon Abdullah b. Ibrahim said to us: I bear witness to the fact that I heard Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) say that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: I am the last of the Apostles and my mosque is the last of the mosques.
أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ← عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ قَارِظٍ أَنَّهُ ← أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَذْکُرُ فَضْلَ الصَّلَاةِ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ لَا وَلَکِنْ ← سَأَلْتُ أَبَا صَالِحٍ هَلْ ← يَحْيَی بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ← عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، ← ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّی ← الثَّقَفِيُّ، ← مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ جَمِيعًا
صحیح مسلم · 17-باب الظاء · Hadith 3377