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585. It was reported from Ayyūb, from ‘Amr bin Salamah, who said: “We used to live at a place that others (travelers) would pass by while going to the Prophet ﷺ. When they would return, they would pass by us (again). They would inform us that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had said such and such, and I was a young boy who would memorize (quickly). Because of this, I memorized a lot of Qur’ān. Once, my father went to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ as part of a delegation of his people, so he (the Prophet ﷺ) taught them the prayer, and said to them: ‘Let the one who recites the most (Qur’ān) lead you.’ Since I had memorized so much, I was the one who recited the most (Qur’ān), so they told me to lead them. I would lead them wearing a small yellow Burdah, but when I would prostrate, it would raise up, exposing me. One of the women said: ‘Hide from us the ‘Awrah of your reciter!’ Consequently they purchased for me an Omani Qamiṣ — nothing caused me more happiness, after accepting Islam, than my happiness at (acquiring) it! So I continued to lead them in prayer, and I was a boy of seven or eight years.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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A young man who knows the Salāt and can recite, is permitted to lead others in prayer.
