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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الصلوات
Book of Prayers
من قال يؤم القوم أقرؤهم لكتاب الله
Those who said: the people are led by the one who best recites the Book of Allah
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 3488 — Those who said: the people are led
٣٤٨٨ - حدثنا أبو بكر قال: نا أبو خالد عن الأعمش عن إسماعيل بن رجاء عن أوس (بن) (١) (ضمعج) (٢) عن أبي مسعود الأنصاري قال: قال رسول اللَّه ﷺ: "يوم القوم أقرؤهم (٣) لكتاب اللَّه، فإن كانوا في القراءة سواء، فأعلمهم بالسنة، فإن كانوا في السنة سواء، فأقدمهم هجرة، فإن كانوا في الهجرة سواء، فأقدمهم سلما، ولا يومن الرجل الرجل في سلطانه، ولا يقعد في بيته على تكرمته إلا بإذنه" (٤).
Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one who is the best reciter of the Book of Allah should lead the prayer. If they are equal in recitation, then the one most knowledgeable of the Sunnah should lead. If they are equal in knowledge of the Sunnah, then the one who emigrated earliest should lead. If they are equal in emigration, then the one who became Muslim earliest should lead. No man should ever lead another man in prayer in the domain of his authority, and no one should sit in another's house on his place of honour without his permission."
