10. Leading the Prayer

١٠۔ كتاب الإمامة

10.4 Those who are older going forward (to lead the prayer)

١٠۔٤ باب تَقْدِيمِ ذَوِي السِّنِّ

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