Sunan an-Nasa'i 780
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أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ رَجَاءٍ عَنْ أَوْسِ بْنِ ضَمْعَجٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
يَؤُمُّ الْقَوْمَ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ لِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ سَوَاءً فَأَقْدَمُهُمْ فِي الْهِجْرَةِ فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي الْهِجْرَةِ سَوَاءً فَأَعْلَمُهُمْ بِالسُّنَّةِ فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي السُّنَّةِ سَوَاءً فَأَقْدَمُهُمْ سِنًّا وَلاَ تَؤُمَّ الرَّجُلَ فِي سُلْطَانِهِ وَلاَ تَقْعُدْ عَلَى تَكْرِمَتِهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَأْذَنَ لَكَ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Qutaybah
- Fuḍayl b. ʿIyāḍ
- al-Aʿmash
- Ismāʿīl b. Rajāʾ
- Aws b. Ḍamʿaj
- Abū Masʿūd
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
"The Messenger of Allah ﷺsaid: 'Let the one who has most knowledge of the Book of Allah lead the people in prayer. If they are equal in terms of knowledge of the Qur'h, let the one who emigrated first (lead them). If they are equal in terms of emigration, let the one who has more knowledge of the Sunnah, (lead them). If they are equal in terms of knowledge of the Sunnah, let the one who is oldest (lead them). Do not lead a man in prayer in his place of authority, and do not sit in his place of honor, unless he gives you permission."'
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Abu Ghuddah | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Soundin صحيح النسائي, p. 779 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
What scholars said about it
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- Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
ومداره على إسماعيل بن رجاء عن أوس بن ضمعج عنه وليسا جميعا من شرط البخاري وقد نقل ابن أبي حاتم في العلل عن أبيه أن شعبة كان يتوقف في صحة هذا الحديث ولكن هو في الجملة يصلح للاحتجاج به عند البخاري
machine translationIts transmission revolves around Ismāʿīl b. Rajāʾ, from Aws b. Ḍamʿaj, from him. Neither of the two meets the condition of al-Bukhārī. Ibn Abī Ḥātim reported in al-ʿIlal from his father that Shuʿbah used to withhold judgement on the authenticity of this hadith. However, in general it is suitable to be used as evidence according to al-Bukhārī.
in سنن النسائي, p. 780 - Abū Ḥatim al-Rāzī
وسألت أبي عن حديث أوس بن ضمعج عن أبي مسعود عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال قد اختلفوا في متنه رواه فطر والأعمش عن إسماعيل بن رجاء عن أوس بن ضمعج عن أبي مسعود عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال يؤم القوم أقرؤهم لكتاب الله فإن كانوا في القراءة سواء فأعلمهم بالسنة ورواه شعبة والمسعودي عن إسماعيل بن رجاء لم يقولوا أعلمهم بالسنة قال أبي كان شعبة يقول إسماعيل بن رجاء كأنه شيطان من حسن حديثه وكان يهاب هذا الحديث يقول حكم من الأحكام عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لم يشاركه أحد قال أبي شعبة أحفظ من كلهم قال أبو محمد أليس قد رواه السدي عن أوس بن ضمعج قال إنما رواه الحسن بن يزيد الأصم عن السدي وهو شيخ أين كان الثوري وشعبة عن هذا الحديث وأخاف أن لا يكون محفوظا
machine translationI asked my father about the hadith of Aws b. Ḍamʿaj, from Abū Masʿūd, from the Prophet ﷺ. He said: They differed regarding its text. Fiṭr and al-Aʿmash narrated it from Ismāʿīl b. Rajāʾ, from Aws b. Ḍamʿaj, from Abū Masʿūd, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "The people are led in prayer by the one who recites the Book of God best. If they are equal in recitation, then the one most knowledgeable of the Sunnah." Shuʿbah and al-Masʿūdī narrated it from Ismāʿīl b. Rajāʾ and did not say "the most knowledgeable of the Sunnah". My father said: Shuʿbah used to say, "Ismāʿīl b. Rajāʾ is as if he were a devil because of the excellence of his hadith." He used to be wary of this hadith, saying: it is a ruling among the rulings from the Messenger of God ﷺ in which no one else shared. My father said: Shuʿbah is a better memorizer than all of them. Abū Muḥammad said: Did not al-Suddī also narrate it from Aws b. Ḍamʿaj? He said: Only al-Ḥasan b. Yazīd al-Aṣamm narrated it from al-Suddī, and he is an obscure shaykh. Where were al-Thawrī and Shuʿbah regarding this hadith? I fear that it is not preserved (maḥfūẓ).
in سنن النسائي, p. 780
Other narrations of this report
Sunan an-Nasa'i 636al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 15154al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 6371al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 5217Sunan al-Daraqutni 1705al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 866
Narrators
- Eminent Companion (ṣaḥābī jalīl)d. 40 AH, or before it or after it, or: 41 AH, or: 42 AHأَبُو مَسْعُودٍ الْبَدْرِيُّصحابي جليلعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 73 AH, or 74 AHأَوْسِ بْنِ ضَمْعَجٍثقةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah); al-Azdī spoke against him without proofd. between 111 and 120 AHإِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ رَجَاءٍثقة ، تكلم فيه الأزدي بلا حجةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), knowledgeable in the recitations (qirāʾāt), scrupulous (wariʿ), but he practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. Abū ʿAwānah said, and ʿAbd Allāh b. Dāwūd: 147 AH. Wakīʿ said, and more than one: 148 AH. And al-Khaṭīb considered it correct. Also said: 145 AHالْأَعْمَشِثقة حافظ , عارف بالقراءات ورع لكنه يدلسعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), devout worshipper, an imamd. 186 AH, or 187 AHفُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍثقة عابد إمامأنبأنا
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 240 AH, or: 241 AHقُتَيْبَةُثقة ثبتأخبرنا
- the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AHالنَّسَائِيُّالحافظ
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Commentaries
Ḥāshiyat al-Suyūṭī on Tirmidhī
Hāshiyat al-Sindī on Nasāʾī
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