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Who Has More Right To Be Imām

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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)

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الحديث: 587 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 160

DarussalamṢaḥīḥAl-Albaniصحيح، لكن قوله: عن أبيه غير محفوظAl-Albani(قلت: وهذا هو الصحيح، وكذلك وصله البيهقي عن يزيد)
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587. (There is another chain) from Mis'ar bin Ḥabīb Al-Jarmī, that 'Amr bin Salamah narrated from his father, that they went to visit the Prophet ﷺ as a delegation. When they desired to return, they asked: "O Messenger of Allāh, who should lead us (in prayer)?" He replied: "The one who has gathered (learned, memorized) the most Qur'an" or he said: "Taken the most Qur'an." ('Amr said): "No one among my people had gathered more Qur'an than I had, so they told me to lead, and I was a young boy. I had a wrap..." He also said: "So there was no gathering of (my tribe of) Jarm except that I would be their Imām, and I would lead them in the funeral prayers (as well); I continue to do so until this day." (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū Dāwūd said: Yazīd bin Hārūn reported it from Mis'ar bin Ḥabīb, from 'Amr bin Salamah, that he said: "When my people sent a delegation to the Prophet ﷺ..." and he did not say: "from his father."

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587 - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ مِسْعَرِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ الْجَرْمِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُمْ وَفَدُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَنْصَرِفُوا، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ يَؤُمُّنَا، قَالَ: «أَكْثَرُكُمْ جَمْعًا لِلْقُرْآنِ» أَوْ «أَخْذًا لِلْقُرْآنِ» قَالَ: فَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ جَمَعَ مَا جَمَعْتُهُ، قَالَ: فَقَدَّمُونِي وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ وَعَلَيَّ شَمْلَةٌ لِي، فَمَا شَهِدْتُ مَجْمَعًا مِنْ جَرْمٍ إِلَّا كُنْتُ إِمَامَهُمْ، وَكُنْتُ أُصَلِّي عَلَى جَنَائِزِهِمْ إِلَى يَوْمِي هَذَا، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: وَرَوَاهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، عَنْ مِسْعَرِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ الْجَرْمِيِّ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ: لَمَّا وَفَدَ قَوْمِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَقُلْ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

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