حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَطِيَّةَ مَوْلًی مِنَّا قَالَ کَانَ مَالِکُ بْنُ حُوَيْرِثٍ يَأْتِينَا إِلَی مُصَلَّانَا هَذَا فَأُقِيمَتْ الصَّلَاةُ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ تَقَدَّمْ فَصَلِّهْ فَقَالَ لَنَا قَدِّمُوا رَجُلًا مِنْکُمْ يُصَلِّي بِکُمْ وَسَأُحَدِّثُکُمْ لِمَ لَا أُصَلِّي بِکُمْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ زَارَ قَوْمًا فَلَا يَؤُمَّهُمْ وَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 596
Abu Atiyyah, a freed slave of us, said: Malik bin al-Huwairith came to this place of prayer of ours, and the iqamah for prayer was called. We said to him: Come forward and lead the prayer. He said to us: Put one of your own men forward to lead you in prayer. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If anyone visits people, he should not lead them in prayer, but some person of them should lead the prayer.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020