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السيوطي:٢٥٤٧a –

"إذَا كانُوا ثلاثةً فليؤُمَّهم أقْرَؤُهم لكتابِ الله، فإِنْ كانُوا في السِّن سَواءً فأحْسنُهم وجهًا".  

[ق] البيهقى في السنن عن أبي زيد الأنْصَارى

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bayhaqi:5299 – Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Yazīd al-Ḥāfiẓ > Saʾaltuh

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said: When there are three people, let the one who is most knowledgeable in the Book of Allah lead them in prayer. If they are equal in recitation, then let the one who is older lead them. If they are equal in age, then let the one who has the best appearance lead them.  

البيهقي:٥٢٩٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي أنبأ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْحَافِظُ وَأَنَا سَأَلْتُهُ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ الْعَسْقَلَانِيُّ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَمَاثِلِ الشَّامِ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْقَاضِي مِنْ وَلَدِ عَتَّابِ بْنِ أَسِيدٍ أنبأ أَبُو عَاصِمٍ أنبأ عَزْرَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عِلْبَاءَ بْنِ أَحْمَرَ عَنْ أَبِي زَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ وَهُوَ عَمْرُو بْنُ أَخْطَبَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلَاثَةً فَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ لِكِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ سَوَاءً فَأَكْبَرُهُمْ سِنًّا فَإِنْ كَانُوا فِي السِّنِّ سَوَاءً فَأَحْسَنُهُمْ وَجْهًا