Hadith #443
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ
عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اجْعَلْنِي إِمَامَ قَوْمِي قَالَ أَنْتَ إِمَامُهُمْ وَاقْتَدِ بِأَضْعَفِهِمْ وَاتَّخِذْ مُؤَذِّنًا لَا يَأْخُذُ عَلَى أَذَانِهِ أَجْرًا
Isnad Chain
عفان
حماد بن زيد
سعيد الجريري
أبي العلاء
مطرف عن
English Translation
ʿAffān narrated to us, he said: Ḥammād ibn Zayd narrated to us, Saʿīd al-Jurayrī informed us, from Abū al-ʿAlāʾ, from Muṭarrif, from ʿUthmān ibn Abī al-ʿĀṣ who said: I said: O Messenger of Allāh, make me the imam of my people. He said: "You are their imam. Adjust to the weakest among them, and appoint a muʾadhdhin who does not take payment for his adhān."
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 31, Hadith 443
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15681
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52071