Musnad Ahmad 457:1

The remainder of the hadith of Abu Mas’ud al-Badri al-Ansari (RA)

بقية حديث أبي مسعود البدري الأنصاري

Hadith 457:1

'Affan narrated to us, he said: Shu'bah narrated to us, he said: Isma'il ibn Raja' informed me, he said: I heard Aws ibn Dam'aj, he said: I heard Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari al-Badri, from the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who said: "The one who leads the people in prayer is the one among them most versed in the Book of Allah and the earliest of them in recitation. If their recitation is equal, then the earliest of them in migration should lead them. If their migration is equal, then the oldest of them in age should lead them. And a man should not lead another in his household, nor in his place of authority, and he should not sit on his seat of honor in his house, unless he gives you permission, or except with his permission."

حدثنا عفان، قال: حدثنا شعبة، قال: أخبرني إسماعيل بن رجاء، قال: سمعت أوس بن ضمعج، قال: سمعت أبا مسعود الأنصاري البدري، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: " يؤم القوم أقرؤهم لكتاب الله وأقدمهم قراءة، فإن كانت قراءتهم سواء فليؤمهم أقدمهم هجرة، فإن كانت هجرتهم سواء، فليؤمهم أكبرهم سنا، ولا يؤم الرجل في أهله ولا في سلطانه، ولا يجلس على تكرمته في بيته إلا أن يأذن لك، أو إلا بإذنه "