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If The ImâmExperiences An Excuse, FromIllness, Or Travelling, Etc, HeMay Appoint Someone Else ToLead The People In Prayer;The One Who Offers PrayerBehind The Imâm SittingBecause He Is Unable ToStand Must Stand If He IsAble To Do So; And TheAbrogation Of Sitting Behind ASitting Imâm For Those WhoAre Able To Stand

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Darussalam · Volume 1

4. The Book Of Aş-Şalât

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الحديث: 418 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 313

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[940] 94 - (...) It was narrated that ‘Aîshah said: “When the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ entered my house, he said: ‘Tell Abû Bakr to lead the people in prayer.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allâh, Abû Bakr is a tenderhearted man; when he recites Qur’ân he cannot control his tears. Why don’t you tell someone other than Abû Bakr to do it?’ By Allâh, the only reason was that I did not want the [1] Appointing Abû Bakr to lead the prayers. people to regard with superstition the first man to stand in the place of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ. I tried to dissuade him two or three times, but he said: 'Let Abû Bakr lead the people in prayer. You are like the women around Yûsuf.'"

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94 - (418) حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لِابْنِ رَافِعٍ قَالَ عَبْدٌ: أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ ابْنُ رَافِعٍ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: وَأَخْبَرَنِي حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: لَمَّا دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْتِي قَالَ: «مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ» قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَجُلٌ رَقِيقٌ إِذَا قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يَمْلِكُ دَمْعَهُ فَلَوْ أَمَرْتَ غَيْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، قَالَتْ: وَاللهِ، مَا بِي إِلَّا كَرَاهِيَةُ أَنْ يَتَشَاءَمَ النَّاسُ، بِأَوَّلِ مَنْ يَقُومُ فِي مَقَامِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَتْ: فَرَاجَعْتُهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا، فَقَالَ: «لِيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَإِنَّكُنَّ صَوَاحِبُ يُوسُفَ»

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