Hadith #493
Chapter: The Book of Prayer
كتاب الصلاة
Arabic Text
وَعَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ - رضى الله عنه -
قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -{ يَؤُمُّ اَلْقَوْمَ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ لِكِتَابِ اَللَّهِ, فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي اَلْقِرَاءَةِ سَوَاءً فَأَعْلَمُهُمْ بِالسُّنَّةِ, فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي اَلسُّنَّةِ سَوَاءً فَأَقْدَمُهُمْ هِجْرَةً, فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي اَلْهِجْرَةِ سَوَاءً فَأَقْدَمُهُمْ سِلْمًا -وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: سِنًّا- وَلَا يَؤُمَّنَّ اَلرَّجُلُ اَلرَّجُلَ فِي سُلْطَانِهِ, وَلَا يَقْعُدْ فِي بَيْتِهِ عَلَى تَكْرِمَتِهِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ". } رَوَاهُ مُسْلِم ٌ 1 .1 - صحيح. رواه مسلم (673). و "سلما": أي: إسلاما. و "تكرمته": الفراش ونحوه مما يبسط لصاحب المنزل ويخص به.
Isnad Chain
أبي مسعود
English Translation
Ibn Mas'ud (RA) (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's Messenger ﷺ said: "The one who knows the Book of Allah most should be the Imam of the people. If they are equal in the recitation, then the one who knows the Sunnah most and if they are equal in the Sunnah then the earliest of them to emigrate (to al-Madinah) and if they are equal in the emigration then the oldest among them in Islam. In another narration it has "agewise". And no man should lead another in prayer in his domain or sit in his place of honor without his permission." .
Quran References
Reference: Bulugh al-Maram, Book 2, Hadith 493
Sunnah.com ref: bulugh-maram 493
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-68548