حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا وَکِيعٌ عَنْ مِسْعَرِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ الْجَرْمِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُمْ وَفَدُوا إِلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَنْصَرِفُوا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ يَؤُمُّنَا قَالَ أَکْثَرُکُمْ جَمْعًا لِلْقُرْآنِ أَوْ أَخْذًا لِلْقُرْآنِ قَالَ فَلَمْ يَکُنْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ الْقَوْمِ جَمَعَ مَا جَمَعْتُهُ قَالَ فَقَدَّمُونِي وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ وَعَلَيَّ شَمْلَةٌ لِي فَمَا شَهِدْتُ مَجْمَعًا مِنْ جَرْمٍ إِلَّا کُنْتُ إِمَامَهُمْ وَکُنْتُ أُصَلِّي عَلَی جَنَائِزِهِمْ إِلَی يَوْمِي هَذَا قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد وَرَوَاهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ عَنْ مِسْعَرِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ الْجَرْمِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ لَمَّا وَفَدَ قَوْمِي إِلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَقُلْ عَنْ أَبِيهِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 587
Amr bin Salamah reported on the authority of his father (Salamah) that they visited the Prophet ﷺ. When they intended to return, they said: Messenger of Allah, who will lead us in prayer? He said: The one of you who knows most of the Quran, or memorizes most of the Quran, (should act as your imam). There was none in the clan who knew more of the Quran than I did. They, therefore, put me in front of them and I was only a boy. And I wore a mantle, Whenever I was present in the gathering of Jarm (name of his clan), I would act as their Imam, and lead them in their funeral prayer until today. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Amr bin Salamah through a different chain of transmitter. This version has: “When my clan visited the Prophet ﷺ. . . . ” He did not report it on the authority of his father.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020