Hadith 64

Sunan an-Nasa'i

Book 10: The Book of Leading the Prayer (Al-Imamah) Sahih

Chapter 43

Congregation when there are three people

باب الْجَمَاعَةُ إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلاَثَةً

Sahih
Sunan an-Nasa'i 840
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلاَثَةً فَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ أَحَدُهُمْ وَأَحَقُّهُمْ بِالإِمَامَةِ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ ‏"
It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed said:

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: 'If there are three people, let one of them lead the others in prayer, and the one who has the most right to lead the prayer is the one who recites (knows) the most (Qur'an)."'

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri

أبو سعيد سعد بن مالك بن سنان الخدري

875 narrations

follower
2

al-Mandhar bin Malik bin Qata' -

المنذر بن مالك بن قطعة أبو نضرة العبدي

156 narrations

follower
3

Qatada

قتادة

1,382 narrations

successor
4

Wadah bin 'Abdullah al-Yashkari

وضاح بن عبد الله اليشكري أبو عوانة

409 narrations

3rd Generation
5

Qutayba bin Sa'id bin Jamil

قتيبة بن سعيد بن جميل

2,253 narrations