Hadith

Sunan Abi Dawud #589

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)· كتاب الصلاةsunan_abi_dawud:589

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَسْلَمَةُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، - الْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ - عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لَهُ أَوْ لِصَاحِبٍ لَهُ ‏ "‏ إِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَأَذِّنَا ثُمَّ أَقِيمَا ثُمَّ لْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَفِي حَدِيثِ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَ وَكُنَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ مُتَقَارِبَيْنِ فِي الْعِلْمِ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ فِي حَدِيثِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ خَالِدٌ قُلْتُ لأَبِي قِلاَبَةَ فَأَيْنَ الْقُرْآنُ قَالَ إِنَّهُمَا كَانَا مُتَقَارِبَيْنِ ‏.‏

When the time of prayer comes, call the Adhan, then call the iqamah, then the one who is oldest of you should act as your imam. The version narrated by Maslamah goes : He said: On that day we were almost equal in knowledge. The version narrated by Isma’il says: Khalid said: I said to Abu Qilabah: where is the Qur’an(i.e. why did the Prophet(ﷺ) not say: The one who knows the Qur’an most should act as imam)? He replied: Both of them were equal in the knowledge of the Qur’an.

Chain 1·8 narrators
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له أو لصاحب له← Oldest

له أو لصاحب له

Narratorunknown
Transmitted via قال
narrated to
6

محمد بن عبد الله

Narratorprophet
Transmitted via أن
narrated to
5
Malik ibn al-Huwairith al-Kufi

مالك بن الحويرث

Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via عن
narrated to
4

أبي قلابة

Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via عن
narrated to
3
Sahabisahabi
Transmitted via عن
narrated to
2
مسلمة بن محمد - المعنى واحد -

مسلمة بن محمد - المعنى واحد -

Narratorunknown
Transmitted via حدثنا
narrated to
1
إسماعيل ح وحدثنا مسدد

إسماعيل ح وحدثنا مسدد

Narratorunknown
Transmitted via حدثنا
narrated to
0

مسدد

Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via حدثنا
Legend: Sahabi Tabi'i Taba Tabi'in Later
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