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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 6325 — his father and some people of his tribe

حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي مِسْعَرٌ الْجَرْمِيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَمْرَو بْنَ سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ، وَأُنَاسًا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ أَسْلَمَ النَّاسُ، وَتَعَلَّمُوا الْقُرْآنَ، وَقَضَوْا حَوَائِجَهُمْ، ثُمَّ سَأَلُوا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مَنْ يُصَلِّي بِنَا؟ أَوْ مَنْ يُصَلِّي لَنَا؟ قَالَ: " يُصَلِّي بِكُمْ , أَوْ يُصَلِّي لَكُمْ أَكْثَرُكُمْ أَخْذًا، أَوْ قَالَ: أَكْثَرُكُمْ جَمْعًا لِلْقُرْآنِ "، فَرَجَعُوا إِلَى قَوْمِهِمْ، فَسَأَلُوهُمْ، فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا أَحَدًا جَمَعَ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا جَمَعْتُ، وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ عَلَيَّ شَمْلَةٌ، فَقَدَّمُونِي بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ، فَصَلَّيْتُ بِهِمْ، أَوْ قَالَ: فَصَلَّيْتُ لَهُمْ , فَلَمْ أَزَلْ إِمَامَ جَرْمٍ إِلَى يَوْمِي هَذَا وَكَانَ يَؤُمُّهُمْ فِي مَسْجِدِهِمْ، وَيُصَلِّي عَلَى جَنَائِزِهِمْ
Sayyiduna Amr bin Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that his father and some people of his tribe came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at the time when people had accepted Islam. They learned the Qur'an and saw to their needs, then they asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Who will lead us in prayer? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one of you who has memorised the most will lead you in prayer" - or he said: "the one who has gathered the most of the Qur'an." So they returned to their people and asked them, and found no one who had memorised more than me, while I was a boy with a wrap on me. So they put me forward and I led them in prayer, or he said: I prayed for them. So I have remained the imam of Banu Jarm until this day of mine. He used to lead them in prayer in their mosque and pray over their funerals.
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب السين / 6325
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 7، صفحہ 50، حدیث 6354