Hadith / Musnad Ahmad / 457:30
Musnad Ahmad 457:30
The remainder of the hadith of Abu Mas’ud al-Badri al-Ansari (RA)
بقية حديث أبي مسعود البدري الأنصاري
Hadith 457:30
Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Isma'il ibn Raja', he said: I heard Aws ibn Dam'aj saying: I heard Abu Mas'ud saying: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to us: "The people shall be led in prayer by the one among them who is most proficient in the Book of Allah, the Exalted, and the earliest of them in recitation. If their recitation is equal, then the earliest of them in migration shall lead them. If they are equal in migration, then the oldest of them in age shall lead them. And a man shall not lead another in his household, nor in his place of authority, and he shall not sit on his seat of honor in his house, unless he gives him permission or by his leave."
حدثنا محمد بن جعفر، حدثنا شعبة، عن إسماعيل بن رجاء، قال: سمعت أوس بن ضمعج، يقول: سمعت أبا مسعود، يقول: قال لنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: " يؤم القوم أقرؤهم لكتاب الله تعالى وأقدمهم قراءة، فإن كانت قراءتهم سواء، فليؤمهم أقدمهم هجرة فإن كانوا في الهجرة سواء، فليؤمهم أكبرهم سنا، ولا يؤمن الرجل في أهله ولا في سلطانه، ولا يجلس على تكرمته في بيته إلا أن يأذن له أو بإذنه "