Sahih Ibn Hibban 2115
✧ The obligation of Imam's observance
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أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ بِبَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَبِي يُونُسَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ
«إِنَّمَا الْإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ فَكَبِّرُوا وَإِذَا رَكَعَ فَارْكَعُوا وَإِذَا رَفَعَ فَارْفَعُوا وَإِذَا قَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ فَقُولُوا اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَإِذَا صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَصَلُّوا قِيَامًا وَإِذَا صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَصَلُّوا قُعُودًا أَجْمَعُونَ»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm Bibayt al-Maqdis
- Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá
- Ibn and Hb
- ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith
- Abū Yūnus
- Abū Hurayrah
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ “The imam is only to be followed. So when he says the takbir, then say the takbir; when he bows, then bow; when he rises, then rise; when he says, ‘Allah hears the one who praises Him,’ then say, ‘O Allah, our Lord, to You belongs praise’; and when he prays standing, then pray standing; and when he prays seated, then pray seated, all of you.”
Grades by grader
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What scholars said about it
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- Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal
صححه
in صحيح ابن حبان, p. 2120
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 57 AHأَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّصحابيعن
- عنtrustworthy (thiqah)d. 123 AH
- أخبرنيtrustworthy (thiqah)d. 147 AH
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 197 AHابْنُ وَهْبٍثقة حافظحدثنا
- حدثناtruthful (ṣadūq)d. 243 AH
- أخبرنا
- d. 354 AH
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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