Hadith #492
Chapter: The Book of Prayer
كتاب الصلاة
Arabic Text
وَعَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبِي: { جِئْتُكُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ اَلنَّبِيّ
ِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -حَقًّا. قَالَ: "فَإِذَا حَضَرَتْ اَلصَّلَاةُ فَلْيُؤَذِّنْ أَحَدُكُمْ, وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمْ أَكْثَرُكُمْ قُرْآنًا", قَالَ: فَنَظَرُوا فَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ أَكْثَرَ قُرْآنًا مِنِّي, فَقَدَّمُونِي, وَأَنَا اِبْنُ سِتٍّ أَوْ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ } رَوَاهُ اَلْبُخَارِيُّ, وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ, وَالنَّسَائِيّ ُ 1 .1 - صحيح. رواه البخاري (4302)، وأبو داود (585، والنسائي (2/80-81) واللفظ للبخاري من حديث طويل.
Isnad Chain
عمرو بن سلمة
English Translation
Amr bin Salimah (RA) (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that my father said, "I have come from the true Prophet (ﷺ), so when the time of Salat (prayer) comes one of you should announce the Adhan and the one of you who knows the Qur'an most should be your Imam." He ('Amr) said: "They looked around and there was no one who knew the Qur'an more than I. So they put me forward in front of them and I was only six or seven years old." .
Quran References
Reference: Bulugh al-Maram, Book 2, Hadith 492
Sunnah.com ref: bulugh-maram 492
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-68547