Sunan an-Nasa'i 840

Translation

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺsaid: 'If there are three people, let one of them lead the others in prayer, and the one who has the most right to lead the prayer is the one who recites (knows) the most (Qur'an)."'

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Sunan an-Nasa'i 782إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلاَثَةً فَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ أَحَدُهُمْ وَأَحَقُّهُمْ بِالإِمَامَةِ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ
• Misykatul Mashabih 1118وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلَاثَةً فليؤمهم أحدهم وأحقهم بِالْإِمَامِ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ». رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ وَذَكَرَ حَدِيثَ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ فِي بَابٍ بَعْدَ بَا
• Shahih Muslim 672aإِذَا كَانُوا ثَلاَثَةً فَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ أَحَدُهُمْ وَأَحَقُّهُمْ بِالإِمَامَةِ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ

Other narrations of this report

Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 22739Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 3476Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 3842al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 10460al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 19712Musnad Abi Ya'la 1053

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

   He and his father were Companions (ṣuḥbah).d. 63 AH, or 64 AH, or 65 AH, or 74 AH
   أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّله ولأبيه صحبة
   عن
2. 2
   al-Mundhir b. Mālik al-ʿAwqī

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. During the governorship of Ibn Hubayrah (103–105 AH), or 108 AH, or 109 AH
   أَبِي نَضْرَةَثقة
   عن
3. 3
   Qatādah b. Diʿāmah

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 117 AH, or: 118 AH
   قَتَادَةَثقة ثبت
   عن
4. 4
   Abū ʿAwānah

   trustworthy and meticulous (thiqah thabt), from the seventh generation (ṭabaqah)d. 175, or 176 AH
   أَبُو عَوَانَةَثقة ثبت ، من السابعة
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Qutaybah b. Saʿīd

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 240 AH, or: 241 AH
   قُتَيْبَةُثقة ثبت
   أخبرنا
6. 6
   al-Nasāʾī

   the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AH
   النَّسَائِيُّالحافظ

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