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CongregationWhen There Are Three People

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Darussalam · Volume 1

10. The Book OfLeading The Prayer(Al-Imâmah)

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الحديث: 840 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 103

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841. It was narrated that Abû Sa'eed said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'If there are three people, let one of them lead the others in prayer, and the one who has the most right to lead the prayer is the one who recites (knows) the most (Qur'an.)'" (Sahih)

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840 - أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلَاثَةً فَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ أَحَدُهُمْ وَأَحَقُّهُمْ بِالْإِمَامَةِ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ»

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When the worshippers are three in number - a man, a young boy, and a woman - how would the congregational prayer be conducted? (See narration 871, 800).