عمرو بن سلمة الجرمي
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Sunan Abi Dawud
Hadith 585
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَلَمَةَ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا بِحَاضِرٍ يَمُرُّ بِنَا النَّاسُ إِذَا أَتَوْا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَكَانُوا إِذَا رَجَعُوا مَرُّوا بِنَا فَأَخْبَرُونَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : كَذَا وَكَذَا ، وَكُنْتُ غُلَامًا حَافِظًا فَحَفِظْتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قُرْآنًا كَثِيرًا ، فَانْطَلَقَ أَبِي وَافِدًا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ فَعَلَّمَهُمُ الصَّلَاةَ ، فَقَالَ : " يَؤُمُّكُمْ أَقْرَؤُكُمْ " ، وَكُنْتُ أَقْرَأَهُمْ لِمَا كُنْتُ أَحْفَظُ ، فَقَدَّمُونِي فَكُنْتُ أَؤُمُّهُمْ وَعَلَيَّ بُرْدَةٌ لِي صَغِيرَةٌ صَفْرَاءُ فَكُنْتُ إِذَا سَجَدْتُ تَكَشَّفَتْ عَنِّي ، فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ : وَارُوا عَنَّا عَوْرَةَ قَارِئِكُمْ ، فَاشْتَرَوْا لِي قَمِيصًا عُمَانِيًّا فَمَا فَرِحْتُ بِشَيْءٍ بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ فَرَحِي بِهِ ، فَكُنْتُ أَؤُمُّهُمْ وَأَنَا ابْنُ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ أَوْ ثَمَانِ سِنِينَ .
Amr bin Salamah said ; we lived at a place where the people would pass by us when they came to the prophet ﷺ. When they returned they would again pass by us. And they used to inform us that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said so –and-so. I was a boy with a good memory. From the ( process) I memorized a large portion of the Quran. Then my father went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ along with a group of his clan. He (the Prophet) taught them prayer. And he said: The one of you who knows most of the Quran should act as your imam. I knew the Quran better than most of them because I had memorized it. They, therefore, put me in front of them, and I would lead them in prayer. I wore a small yellow mantle which, when I prostrated myself, went up on me, and a woman of the clan said: Cover the back side of your leader from us. So they bought an ‘Ammani shirt for me, and I have never been so pleased about anything after embracing Islam as I was about that (shirt). I used to lead them in prayer and I was only seven or eight year old.
Hadith 586
حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ الْأَحْوَلُ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَلَمَةَ ، بِهَذَا الْخَبَرِ ، قَالَ : فَكُنْتُ أَؤُمُّهُمْ فِي بُرْدَةٍ مُوَصَّلَةٍ فِيهَا فَتْقٌ ، فَكُنْتُ إِذَا سَجَدْتُ خَرَجَتِ اسْتِي .
This tradition has also been transmitted through a different chain by Amr bin Salamah. This version says: “I used to lead them in prayer with a sheet of cloth on me that was patched and torn. When I prostrated myself, my buttocks were disclosed.
Hadith 587
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ مِسْعَرِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ الْجَرْمِيِّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، أَنَّهُمْ وَفَدُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَنْصَرِفُوا ، قَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، " مَنْ يَؤُمُّنَا ؟ قَالَ : أَكْثَرُكُمْ جَمْعًا لِلْقُرْآنِ ، أَوْ أَخْذًا لِلْقُرْآنِ " ، قَالَ : فَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ جَمَعَ مَا جَمَعْتُهُ ، قَالَ : فَقَدَّمُونِي وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ وَعَلَيَّ شَمْلَةٌ لِي فَمَا شَهِدْتُ مَجْمَعًا مِنْ جَرْمٍ إِلَّا كُنْتُ إِمَامَهُمْ ، وَكُنْتُ أُصَلِّي عَلَى جَنَائِزِهِمْ إِلَى يَوْمِي هَذَا ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : وَرَوَاهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، عَنْ مِسْعَرِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ الْجَرْمِيِّ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَلَمَةَ ، قَالَ : لَمَّا وَفَدَ قَوْمِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، لَمْ يَقُلْ : عَنْ أَبِيهِ .
Amr bin Salamah reported on the authority of his father (Salamah) that they visited the Prophet ﷺ. When they intended to return, they said: Messenger of Allah, who will lead us in prayer? He said: The one of you who knows most of the Quran, or memorizes most of the Quran, (should act as your imam). There was none in the clan who knew more of the Quran than I did. They, therefore, put me in front of them and I was only a boy. And I wore a mantle, Whenever I was present in the gathering of Jarm (name of his clan), I would act as their Imam, and lead them in their funeral prayer until today. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Amr bin Salamah through a different chain of transmitter. This version has: “When my clan visited the Prophet ﷺ. . . . ” He did not report it on the authority of his father.
