Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) asked a man, as he was bidding him farewell, "Where do you intend to go?" He replied, "I intend to go to Bayt al-Maqdis." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Offering one prayer in this mosque (i.e., Masjid Nabawi) is more virtuous than offering one hundred prayers anywhere else, except for Masjid al-Haram, which is a different matter." The narrator named Uthman bin Abu Shaybah says: Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal asked me about this narration.