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مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الصلاة
The Book of Prayer
(يُجْعَلُ ٱلإِمَامُ هُوَ ٱلأَفْضَلُ)
(The imam should be the most virtuous)
Mishkat al-Masabih 1111 — The imam should be the most virtuous
عَن سَمُرَة بن جُنْدُب قَالَ: أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا كُنَّا ثَلَاثَةً أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَنَا أَحَدُنَا. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
Samura b. Jundub said:God’s Messenger commanded that when there were three of us one should stand in front. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
