سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الْقَوْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا يَجْتَمِعُونَ فَتَحْضُرُ الصَّلَاةُ فَيَقُولُ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ تَقَدَّمْ يَا فُلَانُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَالَ يَتَقَدَّمُ الْقَوْمَ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ لِلْقُرْآنِ فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ سَوَاءً فَأَقْدَمُهُمْ هِجْرَةً فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي الْهِجْرَةِ سَوَاءً فَأَكْبَرُهُمْ سِنّاً فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي السِّنِّ سَوَاءً فَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ أَعْلَمُهُمْ بِالسُّنَّةِ وَ أَفْقَهُهُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَ لَا يَتَقَدَّمَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الرَّجُلَ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ وَ لَا صَاحِبَ السُّلْطَانِ فِي سُلْطَانِهِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad, and someone else, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Abu Ubeyda who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the people from our companions gathering, and the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> presents itself. So some of them are saying to the others, ‘Proceed, O so and so (to lead <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>)’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘He would proceed (to lead) the people, the one who is the most read (well-versed) of the Quran. And if they were equal in their recitation, so the first one to have migrated. And if they were equal in their migration (from Makkah to Al-Medina), so their eldest one in age. And if they were of equal ages, so let the most knowledgeable of them in the <span class="iTxt">Sunnah</span> lead them (in <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>) and the one who is the most understanding of them in the Religion; and not one of you should proceed (to lead in <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>) the man in his house, nor the one in authority in his domain’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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