Hadith 11834

Chapter 61

باب 61

(61) باب مَنْ أَحَقُّ بِالإِمَامَةِ

(211) Chapter: Who Has More Right To Be Imam (ES)
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حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مُعَاذٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ فِيهِ " وَلاَ يَؤُمُّ الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ فِي سُلْطَانِهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ كَذَا قَالَ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ " أَقْدَمُهُمْ قِرَاءَةً " .

The version of this tradition narrated through a different chain by Shu'bah has the words:
"A man should not lead the another man in prayer.Abu Dawud said: Yahya al-Qattan narrated from Shu'bah in a similar way, i.e. the earliest of them in recitation. (ES)

Reference (ES): Sunan Abi Dawud 583 (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 2, Hadith 193 (ES)

English translation (ES): Book 2, Hadith 583 (ES)