سنن الدارقطني
Daraqutni
كتاب الصلاةDiscussion on Prayer
بَابُ مَنْ أَحَقُّ بِالْإِمَامَةِ
Chapter on who has more right to lead the prayer
Hadith 1085
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَامِدٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ، ثنا الْمُنْذِرُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ، نا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ دِينَارٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ ، نا الْحَجَّاجُ ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ رَجَاءٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ ضَمْعَجٍ ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يَؤُمُّ النَّاسَ أَقْدَمُهُمْ هِجْرَةً ، وَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي الْهِجْرَةِ سَوَاءً فَأَفْقَهُهُمْ فِي الدِّينِ ، وَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي الدِّينِ سَوَاءً فَأَقْرَؤُهُمْ لِلْقُرْآنِ ، وَلا يُؤَمُّ الرَّجُلُ فِي سُلْطَانِهِ وَلا يُقْعَدُ عَلَى تَكْرِمَتِهِ إِلا بِإِذْنِهِ " ، وَكَانَ يُسَوِّي مَنَاكِبَنَا فِي الصَّلاةِ ، وَيَقُولُ : " لا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ ، وَلْيَلِيَنِي مِنْكُمْ أُولُو الأَحْلامِ وَالنُّهَى ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ " .
Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The one who should lead the people in prayer is the one who migrated first among them. If they are equal in migration, then the one who has the most understanding of religion should lead. If they are equal in religious knowledge, then the one who recites the Qur’an best (or who has memorized more verses of the Qur’an) should lead. No person should lead another in his domain, that is, in his house where he is the chief, nor should he sit in his special place of sitting, except with his permission.” (The narrator states): At the beginning of the prayer, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to straighten our shoulders and would say: “Do not differ among yourselves, lest your hearts differ. Let those among you who are most wise and experienced stand closest to me, then those after them in order of wisdom and experience.”
Hadith 1086
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ ، نا أَبُو الزِّنْبَاعِ ، نا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ، نا اللَّيْثُ ، عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ رَجَاءٍ ، عَنْ أَوْسِ بْنِ ضَمْعَجٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يَؤُمُّ الْقَوْمَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ قُرْآنًا ، فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَاحِدًا فَأَقْدَمُهُمْ هِجْرَةً ، فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي الْهِجْرَةِ وَاحِدًا فَأَفْقَهُهُمْ فِقْهًا ، فَإِنْ كَانَ الْفِقْهُ وَاحِدًا فَأَكْبَرُهُمْ سِنًّا " .
Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The one who knows the most Qur’an among the people should lead them in prayer. If they are equal in knowledge of the Qur’an, then the one who migrated earlier should lead. If they are equal in migration, then the one who has more knowledge of the religion should lead. And if they are equal in religious knowledge, then the one who is older in age should lead.”
