Musnad Ahmad 9329

Translation

✧ The imam is appointed only to be followed. When he says the takbir, say the takbir. When he bows, bow. When he says, 'God hears the one who praises Him,' say, 'Our Lord, to You be praise.' And if he prays sitting, then all of you pray sitting.

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What scholars said about it

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• Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

  صححه

  machine translationHe declared it sound (ṣaḥḥaḥahu). Report a problem

  in مسند أحمد, p. 9404

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

   trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir)d. 94 AH, or 104 AH
   أَبِي سَلَمَةَثقة ، مكثر
   عن
3. 3
   Muḥammad b. ʿAmr

   Truthful (ṣadūq) with some errors (awhām)d. 144 AH, or 145 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍوصدوق له أوهام
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar

   Trustworthy (thiqah), his book was sound (ṣaḥīḥ al-kitāb), except that he had some heedlessness (ghaflah)d. 192 AH or 193 AH or 194 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍثقة صحيح الكتاب إلا أن فيه غفلة
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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