[Machine] A group of people from the neighborhood came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and heard him saying, "Let the one among you who knows the most Quran lead you." They brought me forward while I was still a young boy, and I used to lead them in a patched garment that had a slit in it. Whenever I would prostrate, my belly would show, so they said to my father, "Do you not cover him up for us?". And I would encourage them to learn the Quran. Zuhayr said, "He continued to be the imam of his people in prayer and in their funerals."  

جَاءَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْحَيِّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَمِعُوهُ يَقُولُ «لِيَؤُمَّكُمْ أَكْثَرُكُمْ قُرْآنًا» فَقَدَّمُونِي بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ فَكُنْتُ أَؤُمُّهُمْ فِي بُرْدَةٍ مَوْصُولَةٍ فَكَانَ فِيهَا فَتْقٌ فَكُنْتُ إِذَا سَجَدْتُ خَرَجَتِ اسْتِي فَقَالُوا لِأَبِي أَلَا تُغَطِّي عَنَّا اسْتَهُ؟ وَكُنْتُ أُرَغِّبُهُمْ فِي تَعْلِيمِ الْقُرْآنِ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ إِمَامَ قَوْمِهِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَعَلَى جَنَائِزِهِمْ