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Musnad Ahmad Hadith 20334

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Original Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، قَالَ خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَلِمَةَ، قَالَ: كَانَتْ تَأْتِينَا الرُّكْبَانُ مِنْ قِبَلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَنَسْتَقْرِئُهُمْ، فَيُحَدِّثُونَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " لِيَؤُمَّكُمْ أَكْثَرُكُمْ قُرْآنًا " (١)، ،

Translation

English translation

Amr bin Salamah says that some riders used to come to us from the Prophet (peace be upon him). We would learn the Qur'an from them. They narrated this hadith to us that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The one among you who knows the most Qur'an should lead your prayer.

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 20334 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 824, Hadith of 'Amr ibn Salamah (may Allah be pleased with them), as in-book entry 3.

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مسند احمد / أول مسند البصريين / 20334

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