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691. It was narrated that Ibrâhîm said: "I used to recite Qur'ân to my father on the road, and if I recited a verse in which a prostration was required, he would prostrate. I said: 'O my father, do you prostrate on the street?' He said: 'I heard Abû Dharr say: "I asked the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ: 'Which Masjid was built first?' He said: 'Al-Masjid Al-Harâm.'[1] I said: 'Then which?' He said: 'Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa.'[2] 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.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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If the ground is pure, prayer could be performed anywhere. One may perform prostration regardless of whether one is in a lane or a marketplace, a home or a mosque. Defiled places are not appropriate for prayer.
[1] In Makkah.
[2] "Furthest Masjid", meaning the Masjid in Jerusalem.
