Hadith 685

If some people are equally proficient in the recitation of the Qur'ān (and religious knowledge), the oldest of them should lead Aṣ-Ṣalāt (the prayer).

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Darussalam · Volume 1

10 - THE BOOK OF ADHĀN

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 685 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 138

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English translation

685. Narrated Mālik bin Ḥuwaīrith رضي الله عنه: We went to the Prophet ﷺ and we were all young men and stayed with him for about twenty nights. The Prophet ﷺ was very merciful. He said, “When you return home, impart religious teachings to your families and tell them to offer perfectly such and such a Ṣalāt (prayer) at such and such time and such and such a Ṣalāt at such and such a time. And at the time of Aṣ-Ṣalāt (the prayer) one of you should pronounce the Adhān and the oldest of you should lead the Ṣalāt.”

Arabic text

685 - حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الحُوَيْرِثِ، قَالَ: قَدِمْنَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ شَبَبَةٌ، فَلَبِثْنَا عِنْدَهُ نَحْوًا مِنْ عِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً، وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَحِيمًا فَقَالَ: «لَوْ رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَى بِلاَدِكُمْ، فَعَلَّمْتُمُوهُمْ مُرُوهُمْ، فَلْيُصَلُّوا صَلاَةَ كَذَا فِي حِينِ كَذَا، وَصَلاَةَ كَذَا فِي حِينِ كَذَا، وَإِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ، فَلْيُؤَذِّنْ لَكُمْ أَحَدُكُمْ وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمْ أَكْبَرُكُمْ»

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