صحيح ابن خزيمه
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
كتاب الإمامة فى الصلاة وما فيها من السنن مختصر من كتاب المسندBook of Imamate in Prayer (Abridged from Musnad)
(32) بَابُ ذِكْرِ اسْتِحْقَاقِ الْإِمَامَةِ بِكِبَرِ السِّنِّ إِذَا اسْتَوَوْا فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ وَالسُّنَّةِ وَالْهِجْرَةِ.
32| Right to lead prayer due to older age if equal in recitation, Sunnah, and migration
Hadith 1510
أنا أَبُو الْخَطَّابِ زِيَادُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى الصَّنْعَانِيُّ . قَالا : حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ . ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ ، قَالا : حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ . ح وَحَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلابَةَ ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ وَهَذَا حَدِيثُ بُنْدَارٍ ، قَالَ : أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَا وَصَاحِبٌ لِي ، فَلَمَّا أَرَدْنَا الإِقْفَالَ ، قَالَ لَنَا : " إِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاةُ فَأَذِّنَا ، ثُمَّ أَقِيمَا ، ثُمَّ لِيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا " . زَادَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ : قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي قِلابَةَ : فَأَيْنَ الْقِرَاءَةُ ؟ قَالَ : كَانَا مُتَقَارِبَيْنِ
Sayyiduna Malik bin Huwairith (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I and one of my companions came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) (to learn religious matters). Then when we intended to return, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to us: "When the time for prayer comes, give the adhan, then give the iqamah, then the elder among you should lead the prayer." In his narration, Al-Dawraqi has added these words: He says that I asked Hazrat Abu Qilabah: Why was proficiency in the recitation of the Qur'an not made the criterion? He replied that both companions were equal in recitation. (Therefore, the elder in age was given the right to lead the prayer.)
