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bukhari:2848Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Abū Shihāb > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

On my departure from the Prophet ﷺ he said to me and to a friend of mine, "You two, pronounce the Adhan and the Iqama for the prayer and let the elder of you lead the prayer."  

البخاري:٢٨٤٨حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو شِهَابٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ

انْصَرَفْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَنَا أَنَا وَصَاحِبٌ لِي أَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا  


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muslim:674dIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī

I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ along with a companion of mine, and when we intended to return from him, he said: When there is time for prayer, announce prayer, pronounce Iqama, and the oldest amongst you should lead the prayer.  

مسلم:٦٧٤dوَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنَا وَصَاحِبٌ لِي فَلَمَّا أَرَدْنَا الإِقْفَالَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ قَالَ لَنَا إِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَأَذِّنَا ثُمَّ أَقِيمَا وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا  

nasai:781Ḥājib b. Sulaymān al-Manbijī > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

"I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a cousin of mine" - once he said, "with a friend of mine" - and he said: 'When you travel, call the Adhan and Iqamah, and let the older of you lead the prayer.'"  

النسائي:٧٨١أَخْبَرَنَا حَاجِبُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمَنْبِجِيُّ عَنْ وَكِيعٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَابْنُ عَمٍّ لِي وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أَنَا وَصَاحِبٌ لِي فَقَالَ إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا فَأَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا  

tirmidhi:205Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

"A cousin of mine and I arrived as guests of Messenger of Allah. He said to us: 'When you travel then call the Adhan and Iqamah and let the eldest of you lead the prayer.'"  

الترمذي:٢٠٥حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ

قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَابْنُ عَمٍّ لِي فَقَالَ لَنَا إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا فَأَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ اخْتَارُوا الأَذَانَ فِي السَّفَرِ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ تُجْزِئُ الإِقَامَةُ إِنَّمَا الأَذَانُ عَلَى مَنْ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَجْمَعَ النَّاسَ وَالْقَوْلُ الأَوَّلُ أَصَحُّ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ أَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ
ibnmajah:979Bishr b. Hilāl al-Ṣawwāf > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

“I came to the Prophet ﷺ with a friend of mine, and when we wanted to leave, he said to us: ‘When the time for prayer comes, say the Adhan and Iqamah, then let the older of you lead the prayer.’”  

ابن ماجة:٩٧٩حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ الصَّوَّافُ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنَا وَصَاحِبٌ لِي فَلَمَّا أَرَدْنَا الاِنْصِرَافَ قَالَ لَنَا إِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَأَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا  

ibnhibban:2128Shabbāb b. Ṣāliḥ al-Muʿaddil Biwāsiṭ > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

"I came to the Prophet ﷺ with a cousin of mine" - on an another occasion he said: "with a companion of mine" - "and he said: 'When the two of you travel, call the Adhan and the Iqamah, and let the older of you lead the prayer.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 634)   

ابن حبّان:٢١٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا شَبَّابُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْمُعَدِّلُ بِوَاسِطٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنَا وَصَاحِبٌ لِي فَقَالَ «إِذَا صَلَّيْتُمَا فَأَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا»  

tabarani:16749[Chain 1] al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Asad b. Mūsá [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you are with your companion, give the call to prayer (adhan) and establish the prayer (iqamah), and let the one who knows more of the Quran lead you in prayer."  

الطبراني:١٦٧٤٩حَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ قَالَا ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا كُنْتَ مَعَ صَاحِبِكَ فَأَذِّنْ وَأَقِمْ وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا»  

nasai-kubra:1610Ḥājib b. Sulaymān > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith > Atayt > And Ibn ʿAm Lī > Marrah

"I came to the Prophet ﷺ with a cousin of mine" - on an another occasion he said: "with a companion of mine" - "and he said: 'When the two of you travel, call the Adhan and the Iqamah, and let the older of you lead the prayer.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 634)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٦١٠أَخْبَرَنَا حَاجِبُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ وَكِيعٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ أنا وَابْنُ عَمٍّ لِي

وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أَنَا وَصَاحِبٌ لِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا فَأَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا»