أَخْبَرَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الزَّاهِرِيَّةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي کَثِيرُ بْنُ مُرَّةَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَائِ سَمِعَهُ يَقُولُ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَفِي کُلِّ صَلَاةٍ قِرَائَةٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ وَجَبَتْ هَذِهِ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ وَکُنْتُ أَقْرَبَ الْقَوْمِ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ مَا أَرَی الْإِمَامَ إِذَا أَمَّ الْقَوْمَ إِلَّا قَدْ کَفَاهُمْ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَطَأٌ إِنَّمَا هُوَ قَوْلُ أَبِي الدَّرْدَائِ وَلَمْ يُقْرَأْ هَذَا مَعَ الْکِتَابِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 928
Kathir bin Murrah Al Hadrami narrated that he heard Abu Ad-Darda’ say: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم was asked: ‘Is there recitation in every prayer?’ He said: ‘Yes.” A man among the Ansar said: ‘Is that obligatory?’ He (Abu Ad-Darda’) turned to me (Kathir), as I was the closest of the people to him, and said: ‘I think that if the Imam leads the people, that is sufficient for them.” (Da’if) Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasa’i) said: It is a mistake to say that this is from the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم , rather it is the words of Abu Ad Darda’. This was not recited with the book.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020