المنتقى ابن الجارود
Al-Muntaqa Ibn al-Jarud
كتاب الصلاةBook of Prayer
باب الجماعة والإمامةCongregational prayer and leadership
Hadith 308
حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْقَطَّانُ ، قَالَ : ثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ رَجَاءٍ ، عَنْ أَوْسِ بْنِ ضَمْعَجٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يَؤُمُّ الْقَوْمَ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ لِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ ، فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ سَوَاءً فَأَعْلَمُهُمْ بِالسُّنَّةِ ، فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي السُّنَّةِ سَوَاءً فَأَقْدَمُهُمْ هِجْرَةً ، فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي الْهِجْرَةِ سَوَاءً فَأَقْدَمُهُمْ سِنًّا ، وَلا يُؤَمُّ الرَّجُلُ فِي سُلْطَانِهِ ، وَلا يُقْعَدُ فِي بَيْتِهِ عَلَى تَكْرِمَتِهِ إِلا بِإِذْنِهِ " .
Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The one who should lead the people in prayer is the one who recites the Book of Allah (Qur’an) the most among them. If they are equal in recitation, then the one who knows the Sunnah more. If they are equal in the Sunnah, then the one who migrated earlier. If they are equal in migration, then the one who is oldest in age. No one should lead in someone’s domain without his permission, nor should he sit in his place of honor without permission.”
