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abudawud:596 – Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Abān > Budayl > Abū ʿAṭiyyah a freed slave of Minnā

Malik b. al-Huwairith came to this place of prayer of ours, and the iqamah for prayer was called. We said to him: Come forward and lead the prayer. He said to us: Put one of your own men forward to lead you in prayer. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If anyone visits people, he should not lead them in prayer, but some person of them should lead the prayer.  

أبو داود:٥٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَطِيَّةَ مَوْلًى مِنَّا قَالَ كَانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ حُوَيْرِثٍ يَأْتِينَا إِلَى مُصَلاَّنَا هَذَا فَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ تَقَدَّمْ فَصَلِّهْ فَقَالَ

لَنَا قَدِّمُوا رَجُلاً مِنْكُمْ يُصَلِّي بِكُمْ وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ لِمَ لاَ أُصَلِّي بِكُمْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ زَارَ قَوْمًا فَلاَ يَؤُمَّهُمْ وَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ  

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī
tirmidhi:356 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān And Hannād > Wakīʿ > Abān b. Yazīd al-ʿAṭṭār > Budayl b. Maysarah al-ʿUqaylī > Abū ʿAṭiyyah a man Minhum

a man among them said: "Malik bin Al-Huwairith came to us in our Musalla to narrate. One day when it was time for Salat, we told him to go ahead (to lead the prayer). He said: 'Let one of you go forward, until I narrate to you why I would not go forward (to lead prayer): I heard Messenger of Allah saying: "Whoever visits a people, then he does not lead them, but a man among them leads them."  

الترمذي:٣٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ وَهَنَّادٌ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ بُدَيْلِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَطِيَّةَ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ قَالَ كَانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ الْحُوَيْرِثِ يَأْتِينَا فِي مُصَلاَّنَا يَتَحَدَّثُ فَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ يَوْمًا فَقُلْنَا لَهُ تَقَدَّمْ فَقَالَ

لِيَتَقَدَّمْ بَعْضُكُمْ حَتَّى أُحَدِّثَكُمْ لِمَ لاَ أَتَقَدَّمُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ زَارَ قَوْمًا فَلاَ يَؤُمَّهُمْ وَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَغَيْرِهِمْ قَالُوا صَاحِبُ الْمَنْزِلِ أَحَقُّ بِالإِمَامَةِ مِنَ الزَّائِرِ وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ إِذَا أَذِنَ لَهُ فَلاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِهِ وَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ بِحَدِيثِ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ وَشَدَّدَ فِي أَنْ لاَ يُصَلِّيَ أَحَدٌ بِصَاحِبِ الْمَنْزِلِ وَإِنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ صَاحِبُ الْمَنْزِلِ قَالَ وَكَذَلِكَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ لاَ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذَا زَارَهُمْ يَقُولُ لِيُصَلِّ بِهِمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ
ahmad:20532 – Wakīʿ > Abān b. Yazīd > Budayl b. Maysarah al-ʿUqaylī > a man Minhum Yukanná Abū ʿAṭiyyah

a man among them said: "Malik bin Al-Huwairith came to us in our Musalla to narrate. One day when it was time for Salat, we told him to go ahead (to lead the prayer). He said: 'Let one of you go forward, until I narrate to you why I would not go forward (to lead prayer): I heard Messenger of Allah saying: "Whoever visits a people, then he does not lead them, but a man among them leads them." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 356)  

أحمد:٢٠٥٣٢ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ بُدَيْلِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ يُكَنَّى أَبَا عَطِيَّةَ قَالَ كَانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ الْحُوَيْرِثِ يَأْتِينَا فِي مُصَلَّانَا يَتَحَدَّثُ قَالَ فَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ يَوْمًا فَقُلْنَا تَقَدَّمْ فَقَالَ

لَا لِيَتَقَدَّمْ بَعْضُكُمْ حَتَّى أُحَدِّثَكُمْ لِمَ لَا أَتَقَدَّمُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ مَنْ زَارَ قَوْمًا فَلَا يَؤُمَّهُمْ وَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ  

tabarani:16743 – [Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Tammār > Sahl b. Ziyād [Chain 3] Aḥmad b. ʿAlī al-Abbār > ʿAbdullāh b. Sawwār al-ʿAnbarī [Chain 4] al-ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl al-Asfāṭī > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Abān b. Yazīd al-ʿAṭṭār > Yazīd b. Maysarah > Abū ʿAṭiyyah a freed slave of Minnā

Malik b. al-Huwairith came to this place of prayer of ours, and the iqamah for prayer was called. We said to him: Come forward and lead the prayer. He said to us: Put one of your own men forward to lead you in prayer. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If anyone visits people, he should not lead them in prayer, but some person of them should lead the prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 596)  

الطبراني:١٦٧٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّمَّارُ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْأَبَّارُ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْعَطَّارُ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ ثنا أَبُو عَطِيَّةَ مَوْلًى مِنَّا قَالَ كَانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ الْحُوَيْرِثِ يَأْتِينَا إِلَى مُصَلَّانَا فَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ تَقَدَّمْ فَصَلِّ فَقَالَ

لَنَا قَدِمُوا رَجُلًا مِنْكُمْ لِيُصَلِّيَ بِكُمْ وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ لِمَ لَا أُصَلِّي بِكُمْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ زَارَ قَوْمًا فَلَا يَؤُمُّهُمْ وَلْيَؤُمُّهُمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ»  

bayhaqi:5324 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Abān > Budayl > Abū ʿAṭiyyah a freed slave of Minnā

Malik b. al-Huwairith came to this place of prayer of ours, and the iqamah for prayer was called. We said to him: Come forward and lead the prayer. He said to us: Put one of your own men forward to lead you in prayer. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If anyone visits people, he should not lead them in prayer, but some person of them should lead the prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 596)   

البيهقي:٥٣٢٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا أَبَانُ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَطِيَّةَ مَوْلًى مِنَّا قَالَ كَانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ الْحُوَيْرِثِ يَأْتِينَا إِلَى مُصَلَّانَا هَذَا فَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ تَقَدَّمْ فَصَلِّ فَقَالَ

لَنَا قَدِّمُوا رَجُلًا مِنْكُمْ يُصَلِّي بِكُمْ وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ لِمَ لَا أُصَلِّي بِكُمْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ زَارَ قَوْمًا فَلَا يَؤُمُّهُمْ وَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ