سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الصلاةPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب مَنْ أَحَقُّ بِالإِمَامَةِChapter: Who Has More Right To Be Imam.
Hadith 588
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عِيَاضٍ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيُّ الْمَعْنَى ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : لَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ نَزَلُوا الْعُصْبَةَ قَبْلَ مَقْدَمِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " فَكَانَ يَؤُمُّهُمْ سَالِمٌ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ وَكَانَ أَكْثَرَهُمْ قُرْآنًا " ، زَادَ الْهَيْثَمُ : وَفِيهِمْ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ، وَأَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَسَدِ .
Ibn Umar said: when the first emigrants came (to Madina), they stayed at al-‘Asbah (a place near Madina) before the advent of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Salim, the client of Abu Hudhaifah, acted as their imam, as he knew the Quran better than all of them, al-Haitham (the narrator) added: and Umar bin al-Khattab and Abu Salamah bin Abd al-Asad were among them.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
588. Commentary:
This was the blessing of memorizing the Qur'an (hifz al-Qur'an) that, in comparison to the nobles of Quraysh, a young slave was their imam.
This was the blessing of memorizing the Qur'an (hifz al-Qur'an) that, in comparison to the nobles of Quraysh, a young slave was their imam.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 588
