سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب الصللاةFrom the Book of Prayer
باب مَنْ أَحَقُّ بِالإِمَامَةِ:
Chapter: Who has more right to lead the prayer
Hadith 1287
أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ قَوْمِي وَنَحْنُ شَبَبَةٌ، فَأَقَمْنَا عِنْدَهُ عِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَفِيقًا، فَلَمَّا رَأَى شَوْقَنَا إِلَى أَهْلِينَا، قَالَ: "ارْجِعُوا إِلَى أَهْلِيكُمْ فَكُونُوا فِيهِمْ، فَمُرُوهُمْ وَعَلِّمُوهُمْ، وَصَلُّوا كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي أُصَلِّي، فَإِذَا حَضَرَتْ الصَّلَاةُ، فَلْيُؤَذِّنْ لَكُمْ أَحَدُكُمْ، ثُمَّ لِيَؤُمَّكُمْ أَكْبَرُكُمْ".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Malik bin Huwairith (may Allah be pleased with him) that I, along with some people from my tribe (Banu Laith), came to the service of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). We were all young men and we stayed with him for twenty days. He was very kind-hearted. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw our longing to return to our families, he said: "Go back to your families and stay with them. Teach them and instruct them, and pray as you have seen me praying. When the time for prayer comes, let one of you give the call to prayer (adhan), and let the eldest among you lead the prayer."
Hadith 1288
أَخْبَرَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: "إِذَا اجْتَمَعَ ثَلَاثَةٌ، فَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ أَحَدُهُمْ، وَأَحَقُّهُمْ بِالْإِمَامَةِ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ".
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "When three men gather together, then the one among them who has recited (the Qur'an) the most is the most deserving to lead them in prayer."
