Sahih al-Bukhari 685

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كتاب الأذان ›

Chapter: If some people are equally proficient in the recitation of the Quran (and religious knowledge), the oldest of them should lead As-Salat (the prayer)

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by مالك بن الحويرث 5 narrators

Sulaiman bin Harb Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn ~144 AH – ~224 AH Hammad bin Zayd Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn 98 AH – 179 AH Ayoub al-Sakhtiyani Tābiʿī 66 or 68 AH – 131 AH عبد الله بن زيد بن عمرو Tābiʿī d. 104 AH or later مالك بن الحويرث Companion d. 74 AH

Narrated Malik bin Huwairith:We went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and we were all young men and stayed with him for about twenty nights. The Prophet (ﷺ) was very merciful. He said, "When you return home, impart religious teachings to your families and tell them to offer perfectly such and such a prayer at such and such a time and such and such a prayer at such and such a time. And at the time of the prayer one of you should pronounce the Adhan and the oldest of you should lead the prayer."

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 685

In-book reference

Book 10, Hadith 79

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 1, Book 11, Hadith 653

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ، قَالَ قَدِمْنَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَنَحْنُ شَبَبَةٌ، فَلَبِثْنَا عِنْدَهُ نَحْوًا مِنْ عِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً، وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَحِيمًا فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ لَوْ رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَى بِلاَدِكُمْ فَعَلَّمْتُمُوهُمْ، مُرُوهُمْ فَلْيُصَلُّوا صَلاَةَ كَذَا فِي حِينِ كَذَا، وَصَلاَةَ كَذَا فِي حِينِ كَذَا، وَإِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَلْيُؤَذِّنْ لَكُمْ أَحَدُكُمْ، وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمْ أَكْبَرُكُمْ ‏"‏‏.‏

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