English translation
6008. Narrated Abū Sulaimān, Mālik bin Huwairith: We came to the Prophet ﷺ and we were (a few) young men, of approximately same age, and stayed with him for twenty nights. Then he thought that we were anxious for our families, and he asked us whom we had left behind to look after our families, and we told him. He was kind-hearted and merciful, so he said, "Return to your families and teach them (religious knowledge) and order them (to do good deeds) and offer your Salāt (prayers) in the way you saw me offering my Salāt (prayer), and when the stated time for the Salāt (prayer) becomes due, then one of you should pronounce its call (i.e., the Adhān), and the eldest of you should lead you in Salāt (prayer)."(1)
