الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجماعةChapters on Congregational Prayer
بَابُ مَنْ أَحَقُّ بِالْإِمَامَةِChapter on who is most entitled to lead the prayer
Hadith 2537
اُردوEn
(وَمِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَهُ وَلِصَاحِبٍ لَهُ: ((إِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَأَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا وَقَالَ مَرَّةً فَأَقِيمَا ثُمَّ لِيُؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُ كُمَا))، قَالَ خَالِدٌ: فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي قِلَابَةَ: فَأَيْنَ الْقِرَاءَةُ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّهُمَا كَانَا مُتَقَارِبَيْنِ (زَادَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ: ((صَلُّوا كَمَا تَرَوْنِي أُصَلِّي)))
(Second chain of narration) Sayyiduna Malik bin Huwairith (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him and his companion: When the time for prayer comes, then give the adhan, then say the iqamah, and the one who is eldest among you should lead the congregation. Khalid says: I said to Abu Qilabah: Where did the issue of (appointing the imam based on) recitation go? He said: Indeed, both of them (recitation and the rest of knowledge) were nearly equal. In one narration, these words are also present: Pray as you have seen me praying.
