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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجماعة
Chapters on Congregational Prayer
بَابُ مَنْ أَحَقُّ بِالْإِمَامَةِ
Chapter on who is most entitled to lead the prayer
Al-Fath ar-Rabbani 2533 — on who is most entitled to lead the prayer
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلَاثَةً فَلْيُؤُمَّهُمْ أَحَدُهُمْ، وَأَحَقُّهُمْ بِالْإِمَامَةِ أَقْرَأُهُمْ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When there are three people, one of them should lead the prayer, and the one who is most proficient in recitation among them is most deserving to lead."
