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Sunan Abi Dawud 531

Messenger of Allah, appoint me the leader of the tribe in prayer. He said: You are their leader, but you should follow on who is the weakest of them: and appoint a muadhdhin who does not charge for the calling of adhan.

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حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ

قَالَ قُلْتُ وَقَالَ مُوسَى فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اجْعَلْنِي إِمَامَ قَوْمِي. قَالَ: «أَنْتَ إِمَامُهُمْ وَاقْتَدِ بِأَضْعَفِهِمْ وَاتَّخِذْ مُؤَذِّنًا لَا يَأْخُذُ عَلَى أَذَانِهِ أَجْرًا»

Messenger of Allah, appoint me the leader of the tribe in prayer. He said: You are their leader, but you should follow on who is the weakest of them: and appoint a muadhdhin who does not charge for the calling of adhan.

‘উসমান ইবনু আবূল ‘আস (রাঃ) সূত্রে বর্ণিত। তিনি রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম-কে বললেন, হে আল্লাহর রসূল! আমাকে আমার সম্প্রদায়ের ইমাম নিয়োগ করুন। তিনি বলেনঃ যাও, তোমাকে তাদের ইমাম নিযুক্ত করা হলো। তবে দূর্বল মুক্তাদীদের প্রতি খেয়াল রাখবে এবং এমন একজন মুয়াজ্জিন নিয়োগ করবে যে তার আযানের বিনিময়ে পারিশ্রমিক গ্রহণ করবে না।[1] সহীহ : মুসলিম, মুয়াজ্জিন নিয়োগের কথাটি বাদে।

عثمان بن ابی العاص رضی اللہ عنہ کہتے ہیں کہ میں نے عرض کیا: اے اللہ کے رسول! آپ مجھے میری قوم کا امام مقرر فرما دیجئیے، آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: تم ان کے امام ہو تو تم ان کے کمزور ترین لوگوں کی رعایت کرنا، اور ایسا مؤذن مقرر کرنا جو اذان پر اجرت نہ لے ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Musa bin Isma'il] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Hammad] telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Sa'id Al-Jurairi] dari [Abu Al-'ala`] dari [Mutharrif bin Abdullah] dari [Utsman bin Abi Al-'Ash] dia berkata; Aku pernah berkata; Wahai Rasulullah, jadikanlah saya sebagai imam kaumku!

Beliau shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Kamu adalah imam mereka, dan jadikanlah makmum yang terlemah di antara mereka sebagai pertimbangan (ketika mengimami shalat), dan jadikanlah muadzin dari orang yang tidak mengambil upah adzannya

Osman b. Ebi'l-As'ın haber verdiğine göre kendisi; Ya Resulallah (Sallallahu aleyhi ve Sellem) beni kavmime imam yap deyince, Resulullah (Sallallahu aleyhi ve Sellem): "Sen onların imamısın. (Namazını kıldırırken) en zayıf olanlarını göz önünde bulundur ve ezanına ücret almayan bir müezzin edin" buyurmuştur. Diğer tahric: Müslim, salat; Tirmİzi, salat; Nesai, ezan; İbn Mace, ezan; Ahnıed b. Hanbel, IV

Sunan Abi Dawud 531, Book 2, Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat), Hadith 141. 1 min read

What it means

This Hadīth shows that it is permissible for the one who thinks that he is qualified for leading the prayers to request from the authorities to appoint him as an Imām. This is different from asking for political leadership, which is discouraged. The prayer leader, however, should be considerate to the people with weaknesses or disabilities.

He should not prolong the prayer for them. It is preferred that the Muezzin do this job for Allah's sake, so that he does not charge a remuneration for it. If there is no volunteer to do this job, it is fine to hire someone and pay him from the public treasury.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Abu Dawud back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Abu DawudCompiler, died 275 AH
  2. 2Musa ibn Ismail at-TabudhakiTold us, Third generation, died 223 AH
  3. 3Hammad ibn SalamahTold us, Third generation, died 167 AH
  4. 4Said ibn IyasInformed us, Successor, died 144 AH
  5. 5Yazid ibn Abdullah ibn ash-ShakhayrFrom, Successor, died 108 AH
  6. 6Mutarrif ibn AbdullahFrom, Successor, died 87 AH
  7. 7Uthman ibn Abi al-AsiFrom, Companion, died 50 AH

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