Dalil

Mishkat al-Masabih 1141

The manner in which one who is led in prayer by an Imam must follow him, and the rule applying to the one who is preceded by him - Section 1

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَمَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حمَار»

Translation

Abu Huraira reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Does he who raises his head before the imam not fear that God may change his head into a donkey’s?” (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Grades by grader

Abu GhuddahSahihgraded on nasai:828fawazahmed0
Ahmad Muhammad ShakirSahihgraded on tirmidhi:582fawazahmed0
Bashar Awad MaaroufHasan Sahihgraded on tirmidhi:582fawazahmed0
MuslimSoundgraded on muslim:427ahadithunlocked
Zubair Ali ZaiSoundgraded on tirmidhi:582fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com
al-AlbaniSahihgraded on tirmidhi:582fawazahmed0

Same hadith, other wordings

  • Jami at-Tirmidzi 582أَمَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ
  • Sunan an-Nasa'i 828أَلاَ يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ
  • Sunan Ibnu Majah 961أَلاَ يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ؟
  • Shahih Muslim 427aأَمَا يَخْشَى الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ