Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 3476
✧ Whoever said: The people should be led by the one most learned in the Book of Allah
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حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ ثَوْرٍ الشَّامِيِّ عَنْ مُهَاصِرِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ:
إِذَا خَرَجَ ثَلَاثَةُ مُسْلِمِينَ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ لِكِتَابِ اللهِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ أَصْغَرَهُمْ، فَإِذَا أَمَّهُمْ فَهُوَ أَمِيرُهُمْ، وَذَلِكَ أَمِيرٌ أَمَّرَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ
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machine translationWakīʿ narrated to us, from Thawr al-Shāmī, from Muhāṣir b. Ḥabīb, from Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
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If three Muslims go out on a journey, let the one among them who recites the Book of Allah best lead them in prayer, even if he is the youngest of them. When he leads them, he is their commander, and that is a commander whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has appointed.
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