مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 11454
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا شُجَاعُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ، ، قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ (١) ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلَاثَةً، فَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ أَحَدُهُمْ، وَأَحَقُّهُمْ بِالْإِمَامَةِ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ " (٢)،
Translation
English translation
It is narrated from Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Where there are three people, at the time of prayer one person should become the imam, and among them, the one who knows the most Qur'an has the greatest right to lead them in prayer.
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This is Hadith 11454 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 31, Musnad of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), as in-book entry 470.
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مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 11454
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