سنن ابي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب الصلاة
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب مَنْ أَحَقُّ بِالإِمَامَةِ
Chapter: Who Has More Right To Be Imam.
Hadith 583
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مُعَاذٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ، قَالَ فِيهِ وَلَا يَؤُمُّ الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ فِي سُلْطَانِهِ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد وَكَذَا قَالَ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، أَقْدَمُهُمْ قِرَاءَةً .
The version of this tradition narrated through a different chain by Shubah has the words: “A man should not lead the another man in prayer. Abu Dawud said: Yahya al-Qattan narrated from Shubah in a similar way, i. e. the earliest of them in recitation.
