Malik bin al-Huwairith said that the Prophet ﷺ told him or some of his companions: When the time of prayer comes, call the Adhan, then call the iqamah, then the one who is oldest of you should act as your imam. The version narrated by Maslamah goes: He said: On that day we were almost equal in knowledge. The version narrated by Ismail says: Khalid said: I said to Abu Qilabah: where is the Quran (i. e. why did the Prophet ﷺ not say: The one who knows the Quran most should act as imam)? He replied: Both of them were equal in the knowledge of the Quran.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الصلاة / 589
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح بخاري (630) صحيح مسلم (674)
Abu Atiyyah, a freed slave of us, said: Malik bin al-Huwairith came to this place of prayer of ours, and the iqamah for prayer was called. We said to him: Come forward and lead the prayer. He said to us: Put one of your own men forward to lead you in prayer. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If anyone visits people, he should not lead them in prayer, but some person of them should lead the prayer.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الصلاة / 596
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده حسن, مشكوة المصابيح (1120), أبو عطية: حسن الحديث، وثقه ابن خزيمة (1520) والترمذي (356)
Hadith Takhrij« سنن الترمذی/الصلاة 148 (356)، سنن النسائی/الإمامة 9 (788)، (تحفة الأشراف: 11186)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد (3/436)، (صحیح) » (مالک بن حویرث کے قصہ کے بغیر حدیث صحیح ہے)
Malik bin al-Huwairith said: I saw the Prophet ﷺ raise his hands when he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), when he bowed and when he raised his head after bowing until he brought them to the lobes of his ears.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / أبواب تفريع استفتاح الصلاة / 745
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح مسلم (391)
Abu Qilabah said: Abu sulaiman Malik bin al-Huwairith came to our mosque and said: By Allah, I Shall offer prayer; and I do not intend to pray, but I intend to show you how I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ offering prayer. He (the narrator Ayyub) said: I asked Abu Qilabah: How did he pray? He replied: Like the prayer of this head after the last prostration in the first rak’ah, he used to sit, and then stand up.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / أبواب تفريع استفتاح الصلاة / 842
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح بخاري (677)
Abu Qilabah said: Abu Sulaiman Malik bin al-Huwairth came to our mosque, and said: By Allah, I Shall offer prayer, though I do not intend to pray; I only intend to show you how I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying. The narrator said: ( He then prayed and ) he sat at the end of the first rak’ah when he raised his head after the last prostration.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / أبواب تفريع استفتاح الصلاة / 843
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح, انظر الحديث السابق (842)
Hadith Takhrij« انظر ما قبلہ، (تحفة الأشراف: 11185) (صحیح) »
Abu Qilabah said: Malik bin al-Huwairith saw that the prophet (may peace by upon him) would not stand at the end of the first or the third rak’ah until he sat down straight.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / أبواب تفريع استفتاح الصلاة / 844
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح بخاري (823)
Hadith Takhrij« انظر حدیث رقم : 842، (تحفة الأشراف: 11183) (صحیح) »