باب: البيان أنه إنما قيل: يؤمهم أقرؤهم إن من مضى من الأئمة كانوا يسلمون كبارا فيتفقهون قبل أن يقرءوا مع القراءة
Explanation that it was only said "the one who recites most should lead them" because earlier imams embraced Islam as adults and gained understanding before and along with learning to recite
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Abu Abd al-Rahman narrates from Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): When we learned ten verses from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we would not learn the verses revealed after them until we had learned all the rulings of the earlier verses. Sharik was asked about practice (whether it meant acting on them), and he said: Yes.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 5289
Qasim bin Awf says: I heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: We spent our lives in such a way that we would first learn faith, then learn the Qur'an. When a surah was revealed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we would learn from him (peace and blessings be upon him) its lawful and unlawful, its commands and its prohibitions, and what one should pause at in it, just as you learn the Qur'an today. I have seen men today who acquire the Qur'an before faith; they read from al-Fatihah to the end, but none of them knows its commands, its prohibitions, or what one should pause at in it. He reads it as if it were worthless speech.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 5290
Abu al-Safar says that Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: We were given faith before the Qur'an, and you are a people to whom the Qur'an is given first and who acquire faith afterwards.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 5291
Sayyiduna Jundab (may Allah be pleased with him) relates: We were young, strong boys with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). We learned faith before the Qur'an; then, when we learned the Qur'an, our faith increased through it. And today you learn the Qur'an before faith.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 5292