10. Ādhān (Call to Prayer)

١٠۔ كتاب الأذان

10.54 A slave or a manumitted slave can lead the Salat (prayer)

١٠۔٥٤ باب إِمَامَةِ الْعَبْدِ وَالْمَوْلَى

[Machine] Aisha was led in prayer by her servant, Zaqwan, from the Qur'an. She also led the prayers for the rebels, Arabs, and the young boy who had not reached the age of puberty. This was based on the statement of the Prophet ﷺ: "Let the most knowledgeable among you lead you in the recitation of the Book of Allah."

وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ يَؤُمُّهَا عَبْدُهَا ذَكْوَانُ مِنَ الْمُصْحَفِ. وَوَلَدِ الْبَغِيِّ وَالأَعْرَابِيِّ وَالْغُلاَمِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَحْتَلِمْ، لِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: «يَؤُمُّهُمْ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ لِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ».

bukhari:692Ibrāhīm b. al-Mundhir > Anas b. ʿIyāḍ > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

When the earliest emigrants came to Al-ʿUsba [??] 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.  

البخاري:٦٩٢حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

لَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ الأَوَّلُونَ الْعُصْبَةَ مَوْضِعٌ بِقُبَاءٍ قَبْلَ مَقْدَمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَؤُمُّهُمْ سَالِمٌ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ وَكَانَ أَكْثَرَهُمْ قُرْآنًا  

bukhari:693Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Abū al-Tayyāḥ > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Listen and obey (your chief) even if an Ethiopian whose head is like a raisin were made your chief."  

البخاري:٦٩٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَإِنِ اسْتُعْمِلَ حَبَشِيٌّ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ زَبِيبَةٌ