The first person to build Masjid Al-Aqsaa

Benefit:

“The first person to build Masjid Al-Aqsaa was not Prophet Sulaymaan ﷺ, but verily it was built by other than him, due to evidence of it being present before Prophet Sulaymaan ﷺ.

And from that is the Hadeeth:

وَعَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ مَسْجِدٍ وُضِعَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَوَّلُ؟ قَالَ: الْمَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامُ, قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيْ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ الْمَسْجِدُ الْأَقْصَى . قُلْتُ: كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا؟ قَالَ: أَرْبَعُونَ عَامًا

Abu Dharr said: “I said to the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ Which Masjid was set up first on earth? He said: “Masjid Al-Haraam.” He said: I said: “Then which?” He said: “Masjid Al-Aqsaa.” I said: “How long between them?” He said: “Forty years……” And between Ibraaheem ﷺ and Sulaymaan ﷺ is 1000yrs, and Yuusha’ (Joshua) entered the Holy Land – and he is the disciple of Musaa ﷺ -, and he was before Sulaymaan.”

Benefited from: Shaykh, the Allamah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu Abdirrahman Yahya bin Ali Al-Hajuri – may Allah preserve him.

Source: https://t.me/sh_yahia_duroos/15438

Translated by: Abū ‘Abdillāh ‘Omar bin Yahya Al-‘Akawi