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Sunan Abu Dawud 588

Chapter: Who Has More Right To Be Imam

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 588

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عِيَاضٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيُّ، - الْمَعْنَى - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ الأَوَّلُونَ نَزَلُوا الْعَصْبَةَ قَبْلَ مَقْدَمِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَكَانَ يَؤُمُّهُمْ سَالِمٌ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ

وَكَانَ أَكْثَرَهُمْ قُرْآنًا ‏.‏

Ibn ‘Umar said:

when the first emigrants came (to Madina), they stayed at al-‘Asbah (a place near Madina) before the advent of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Salim, the client of Abu Hudhaifah, acted as their imam, as he knew the Qur’an better than all of them, al-Haitham(the narrator) added: and ‘Umar b. al-Khattab and Abu Salamah b. ‘Abd al-Asad were among them.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 588) and Al-Bukhari (No. 692).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( لَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ ) : أَيْ مِنْ مَكَّة إِلَى الْمَدِينَة , وَبِهِ صَرَّحَ فِي رِوَايَة الطَّبَرَانِيّ ( نَزَلُوا الْعَصْبَة ) : بِالْعَيْنِ الْمُهْمَلَة الْمَفْتُوحَة وَقِيلَ مَضْمُومَة وَإِسْكَان الصَّاد الْمُهْمَلَة وَبَعْدهَا مُوَحَّدَة مَوْضِع بِالْمَدِينَةِ عِنْد قُبَاء , وَفِي النِّهَايَة عَنْ بَعْضهمْ بِفَتْحِ الْعَيْن وَالصَّاد الْمُهْمَلَتَيْنِ ( فَكَانَ يَؤُمّهُمْ سَالِم مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَة ) : هُوَ مَوْلَى اِمْرَأَة مِنْ الْأَنْصَار فَأَعْتَقَتْهُ , وَكَانَتْ إِمَامَته بِهِمْ قَبْل أَنْ يُعْتَق وَإِنَّمَا قِيلَ لَهُ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَة لِأَنَّهُ لَازَمَ أَبَا حُذَيْفَة بَعْد أَنْ أُعْتِقَ فَتَبَنَّاهُ , فَلَمَّا نُهُوا عَنْ ذَلِكَ قِيلَ لَهُ مَو…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 588
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 588
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Bukhari (692) The hadith No. 588
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 588

Other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 692

When the earliest emigrants came to Al-`Usba [??] a place in Quba', before the arrival of the Prophet- Salim, the slave of Abu Hudhaifa, who knew the Qur'an more than the others used to lead them in prayer.

لَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ الأَوَّلُونَ الْعُصْبَةَ ـ مَوْضِعٌ بِقُبَاءٍ ـ قَبْلَ مَقْدَمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَؤُمُّهُمْ سَالِمٌ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ، وَكَانَ أَكْثَرَهُمْ قُرْآنًا‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

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أَكْثَرُكُمْ جَمْعًا لِلْقُرْآنِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ أَوْ ‏"‏ أَخْذًا لِلْقُرْآنِ ‏"

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