Hadith 1870

Chapter 53

باب 53

(53) باب مَنْ أَحَقُّ بِالإِمَامَةِ

(53) Chapter: Who is more entitled to lead the prayer
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وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو قِلاَبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ الْحُوَيْرِثِ أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي نَاسٍ وَنَحْنُ شَبَبَةٌ مُتَقَارِبُونَ . وَاقْتَصَّا جَمِيعًا الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوِ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ .

Malik b. Huwairith Abu Sulaiman reported:
I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) along with other persons and we were young men of nearly equal age, and the rest of the hadith was transmitted like the hadith narrated before.

Reference: Sahih Muslim 674 c

In-book reference: Book 5, Hadith 373

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 4, Hadith 1425