Hadith #8
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَوْسَ بْنَ ضَمْعَجٍ قَالَ سَمِع
ْتُ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ الْبَدْرِيَّ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَؤُمُّ الْقَوْمَ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ لِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَأَقْدَمُهُمْ قِرَاءَةً فَإِنْ كَانَتْ قِرَاءَتُهُمْ سَوَاءً فَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ أَقْدَمُهُمْ هِجْرَةً فَإِنْ كَانَ هِجْرَتُهُمْ سَوَاءً فَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ أَكْبَرُهُمْ سِنًّا وَلَا يُؤَمُّ الرَّجُلُ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَلَا فِي سُلْطَانِهِ وَلَا يُجْلَسُ عَلَى تَكْرِمَتِهِ فِي بَيْتِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَأْذَنَ لَكَ أَوْ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ
Isnad Chain
عفان
شعبة
إسماعيل بن رجاء
أوس بن ضمعج
English Translation
ʿAffān narrated to us saying: Shuʿbah narrated to us saying: Ismāʿīl ibn Rajāʾ informed me, he said: I heard Aws ibn Ḍamʿaj say: I heard Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī al-Badrī narrate from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "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 lead another in prayer in his own domain [of authority], nor should one sit in his place of honor in his house without his permission."
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 8
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16446
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52836