سنن أبي داود

Hadith 583

Book 2: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

كِتَاب الصَّلَاةِ

Chapter 61

Chapter: Who Has More Right To Be Imam.

باب مَنْ أَحَقُّ بِالإِمَامَةِ

English narration

Narrated by شعبة بن الحجاج العتكي

The version of this tradition narrated through a different chain by Shubah has the words: “A man should not lead the another man in prayer. Abu Dawud said: Yahya al-Qattan narrated from Shubah in a similar way, i. e. the earliest of them in recitation.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مُعَاذٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ، قَالَ فِيهِ وَلَا يَؤُمُّ الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ فِي سُلْطَانِهِ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد وَكَذَا قَالَ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، أَقْدَمُهُمْ قِرَاءَةً .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 583In-book: Book 2, Hadith 583

The isnād

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