English translation
531. Muṭarrif bin 'Abdullāh reported that 'Uthmān bin Al-'Aṣ said: "O Messenger of Allāh! Make me the Imām of my people (in prayer)." So he said: "You are their Imām. And follow the weakest among them,[1] and take a Mu'adh-dhīn who does not take a stipend for his Adhān." (Ṣaḥīh)
