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 584
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ رَجَاءٍ ، عَنْ أَوْسِ بْنِ ضَمْعَجٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ، قَالَ : فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ سَوَاءً فَأَعْلَمُهُمْ بِالسُّنَّةِ ، فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي السُّنَّةِ سَوَاءً فَأَقْدَمُهُمْ هِجْرَةً ، وَلَمْ يَقُلْ : فَأَقْدَمُهُمْ قِرَاءَةً ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : رَوَاهُ حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، قَالَ : وَلَا تَقْعُدْ عَلَى تَكْرِمَةِ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ .
This tradition has been transmitted through a different chain by Abu Masud This version has words ; “If they are equally versed in recitation, then the one who has most knowledge of the Sunnah ; if they are equal with regard to (the knowledge of) the Sunnah, then the earliest of them to emigrate (to Madina)”. He did not narrate the words; “ The earliest of them in recitation”. Abu Dawud said: Hajjaj bin Artata reported from Ismail: Do not sit in the place of honour of anyone except with his permission.
