Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 3490 — Those who said: the people are led

Murrah bin Sharahil says: I was in a room in which Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud, Sayyiduna Hudhayfah and Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with them) were present. Then the time of prayer came, and each of them said to the other: "You go forward." Sayyiduna Abdullah was between Sayyiduna Abu Musa and Sayyiduna Hudhayfah, and the two of them took hold of him and put him forward. I asked: "Why was he put forward?" He said: "He took part in the Battle of Badr."