حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ رَجَائٍ سَمِعْتُ أَوْسَ بْنَ ضَمْعَجٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْبَدْرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَؤُمُّ الْقَوْمَ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ لِکِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَأَقْدَمُهُمْ قِرَائَةً فَإِنْ کَانُوا فِي الْقِرَائَةِ سَوَائً فَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ أَقْدَمُهُمْ هِجْرَةً فَإِنْ کَانُوا فِي الْهِجْرَةِ سَوَائً فَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ أَکْبَرُهُمْ سِنًّا وَلَا يُؤَمُّ الرَّجُلُ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَلَا فِي سُلْطَانِهِ وَلَا يُجْلَسُ عَلَی تَکْرِمَتِهِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فَقُلْتُ لِإِسْمَعِيلَ مَا تَکْرِمَتُهُ قَالَ فِرَاشُهُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 582
Abu Masud al-Badri reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: The one of you who is most versed in the Books of Allah should act as imam for the people; and the one who is the earliest of them in reciting (the Quran); if they are equally versed in reciting it, then the earliest of them to emigrate (to Madina); if they emigrated at the same time, then the oldest of them. No man must lead another in prayer in his house (i. e. in the house of a latter) or where the latter has authority, or sit in his place of honor without his permission. Shubah said: I asked Ismail: what is the meaning of his place of honor? He replied: his throne.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020