مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الصلواتBook of Prayers
من قال يؤم القوم أقرؤهم لكتاب اللهThose who say the one who knows most Quran should lead the prayer
Hadith 3498
٣٤٩٨ - حدثنا ابن نمير عن عبيد اللَّه عن نافع عن ابن عمر: أن المهاجرين حين أقبلوا من مكة نزلوا إلى جنب قباء، فأمهم سالم مولى أبي حذيفة، لأنه كان أكثرهم قرآنا، فيهم أبو سلمة بن عبد الأسد وعمر بن الخطاب (١).
Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that when the Muhajireen returned from Makkah, they camped near Quba. On this occasion, Hazrat Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him), used to lead them in prayer, because he was the most knowledgeable of the Qur'an among them. Among these people were also Hazrat Abu Salamah bin Abd al-Asad and Hazrat Umar bin Khattab.
