Nasa'i 840 · Book 10

Sunan an-Nasa'i, 840

The Book of Leading the Prayer (Al-Imamah)

Sahih (authentic)by Al-Albani

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلاَثَةً فَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ أَحَدُهُمْ وَأَحَقُّهُمْ بِالإِمَامَةِ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed said:"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: 'If there are three people, let one of them lead the others in prayer, and the one who has the most right to lead the prayer is the one who recites (knows) the most (Qur'an)

Rapporté par Abu Sa'eed : Le Messager d'Allah (ﷺ) a dit : "S'il y a trois personnes, que l'une d'elles dirige la prière, et celui qui connaît le mieux le Coran a le plus de droit de diriger la prière

FR · French translation supplied by the source (hadith-api), not proofread.

Grades given by scholars

Abu Ghuddah: Sahih
Al-Albani: Sahih
Zubair Ali Zai: Sahih

Source: fawazahmed0/hadith-api (public domain).