Hadith #34

Arabic Text

English Translation

Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us, Shuʿbah narrated to us, from Ismāʿīl ibn Rajāʾ, who said: I heard Aws ibn Ḍamʿaj say: I heard Abū Masʿūd say: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to us: "The people should be led in prayer by the one who has the most knowledge of the Book of Allāh تعالى and the most senior in recitation. If their recitation is equal, then by the one who emigrated earliest. If their emigration is equal, then by the eldest among them. A man should not be led in prayer in his own domain [of authority], nor in his own household, nor should one sit in his place of honor in his house unless he gives permission or by his permission."