الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجماعةChapters on Congregational Prayer
بَابُ أَمَامَةِ الْأَعْمَى وَالصَّبِيِّ وَالْمَرْأَةِ بِمِثْلِهَا
Chapter on the Imamate of a blind person, a boy, and a woman for women
Hadith 2541
عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْتَخْلَفَ ابْنَ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ مَرَّتَيْنِ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ وَهُوَ أَعْمَى
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, appointed Sayyiduna Ibn Umm Maktum, may Allah be pleased with him, as his deputy over Madinah twice. He used to lead the people in prayer, while he was blind.
Hadith 2542
(وَعَنْهُ أَيْضًا) أَنَّ عِتْبَانَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ذَهَبَ بَصَرُهُ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! لَوْ جِئْتَ صَلَّيْتَ فِي دَارِي أَوْ قَالَ: فِي بَيْتِي لَاتَّخَذْتُ مُصَلَّاكَ مَسْجِدًا، فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَصَلَّى فِي دَارِهِ أَوْ قَالَ فِي بَيْتِهِ (الحَدِيث)
It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Anas, he says: Sayyiduna ‘Itban bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) had lost his eyesight, so he said: O Messenger of Allah! If you would come and pray in my house, I would make that place a mosque. So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came and prayed in his house.
Hadith 2543
عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَلِمَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كُنَّا عَلَى حَاضِرٍ فَكَانَ الرُّكْبَانُ (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ فَكَانَ النَّاسُ) يَمُرُّونَ بِنَا رَاجِعِينَ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَدْنُو مِنْهُمْ فَأَسْمَعُ حَتَّى حَفِظْتُ قُرْآنًا، وَكَانَ النَّاسُ يَنْتَظِرُونَ بِإِسْلَامِهِمْ فَتْحَ مَكَّةَ، فَلَمَّا فُتِحَتْ جَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يَأْتِيهِ فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! أَنَا وَافِدُ بَنِي فُلَانٍ، وَجِئْتُكَ بِإِسْلَامِهِمْ، فَانْطَلَقَ أَبِي بِإِسْلَامِ قَوْمِهِ، فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((قَدِّمُوا أَكْثَرَكُمْ قُرْآنًا))، قَالَ: فَنَظَرُوا، وَإِنَّا لَعَلَى حِوَاءٍ عَظِيمٍ، فَمَا وَجَدُوا فِيهِمْ أَحَدًا أَكْثَرَ قُرْآنًا مِنِّي، فَقَدَّمُونِي وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ فَصَلَّيْتُ بِهِمْ وَعَلَيَّ بُرْدَةٌ وَكُنْتُ إِذَا رَكَعْتُ أَوْ سَجَدْتُ قَلَصَتْ فَتَبْدُو عَوْرَتِي، فَلَمَّا صَلَّيْنَا، تَقُولُ عَجُوزٌ لَنَا ذُهْرِيَّةٌ: غَطُّوا عَنَّا اسْتَقْرِيئَكُمْ، قَالَ: فَقَطَعُوا لِي قَمِيصًا، فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ فَرِحَ بِهِ فَرَحًا شَدِيدًا
Sayyiduna Amr bin Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We resided in a place where people returning from the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would pass by. I would go near them and listen to them, until I had memorized a considerable portion of the Qur’an. Meanwhile, people were waiting for the conquest of Makkah to embrace Islam. When Makkah was conquered, people began to come to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). A man would come and say: I am the representative of such-and-such tribe and have come to inform about their acceptance of Islam. My father also went to inform about his tribe’s acceptance of Islam. When he returned to them, he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The one among you who has recited more of the Qur’an should be put forward for leading the prayer. So they looked (to see who should be made the imam), and although there were many people, they could not find anyone who had recited more Qur’an than me, so they put me forward for imamat, and I was still a boy. I led them in prayer, and I had only one sheet; when I would bow or prostrate, the cloth would rise up and my private parts would begin to be exposed. When we finished the prayer, a very elderly woman said: At least cover your reciter’s backside from us. Then they cut a piece of cloth and made a shirt for me, because of which I was very happy.
Hadith 2544
(وَمِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُمْ وَفَدُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَلَمَّا أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَنْصَرِفُوا، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! مَنْ يُؤُمُّنَا؟ قَالَ: ((أَكْثَرُكُمْ جَمْعًا لِلْقُرْآنِ أَوْ أَخْذًا لِلْقُرْآنِ))، قَالَ: فَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ جَمَعَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا جَمَعْتُ، قَالَ: فَقَدَّمُونِي وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ، فَكُنْتُ أُؤُمُّهُمْ وَعَلَيَّ شَمْلَةٌ لِي، قَالَ: فَمَا شَهِدْتُّ مَجْمَعًا مِنْ جِرْمٍ إِلَّا كُنْتُ إِمَامَهُمْ وَأُصَلِّي عَلَى جَنَائِزِهِمْ إِلَى يَوْمِي هَٰذَا
(Second chain) Their father says: We went to the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. When we intended to return, we asked: O Messenger of Allah! Who will lead us in prayer? The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The one among you who has memorized the most Qur'an. Sayyiduna Amr bin Salamah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: There was no one in our tribe who had memorized as much Qur'an as I had. Therefore, they put me forward, even though I was still a boy. I used to lead them in prayer, and I had only a small sheet over me. Whenever I attended any gathering in Jurm (the name of a place), I would be their imam, and to this day, I have continued to lead their funeral prayers.
Hadith 2545
عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي جَدَّتِي عَنْ أُمِّ وَرَقَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ وَكَانَتْ قَدْ جَمَعَتِ الْقُرْآنَ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أَمَرَهَا أَنْ تُؤُمَّ أَهْلَ دَارِهَا وَكَانَ لَهَا مُؤَذِّنٌ وَكَانَتْ تُؤُمُّ أَهْلَ دَارِهَا
Sayyida Umm Waraqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that she had memorized the Holy Qur'an, so the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) instructed her to lead her household in prayer. Thus, she had a muezzin and she used to lead her household in prayer.
