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Sunan an-Nasa'i 672

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), make me the Imam of my people.’ He said: ‘You are their Imam, so consider the weakest among them and choose a Muadhdhin who does not…

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أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ

قَالَ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اجْعَلْنِي إِمَامَ قَوْمِي. فَقَالَ: «أَنْتَ إِمَامُهُمْ وَاقْتَدِ بِأَضْعَفِهِمْ وَاتَّخِذْ مُؤَذِّنًا لَا يَأْخُذُ عَلَى أَذَانِهِ أَجْرًا»

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), make me the Imam of my people.’ He said: ‘You are their Imam, so consider the weakest among them and choose a Muadhdhin who does not accept any payment for his Adhan.’”

আহমদ ইবনু সূলায়মান (রহঃ) ... উসমান ইবনু আবূল আস (রাঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেনঃ আমি আবেদন করলামঃ ইয়া রাসুলাল্লাহ! আপনি আমাকে আমার কওমের ইমাম বানিয়ে দিন। তিনি বললেন, (ঠিক আছে যাও) তুমি তাদের ইমাম। তবে তাদের দুর্বল লোকদের প্রতি লক্ষ্য রাখবে [সালাত (নামায/নামাজ) দীর্ঘ করায় তাদের যেন কষ্ট না হয়] এবং যে ব্যক্তি আযানের বিনিময়ে পারিশ্রমিক গ্রহণ করে না, তাকে মুয়াযযিন নিযুক্ত করবে।

عثمان بن ابی العاص رضی اللہ عنہ کہتے ہیں کہ میں نے عرض کیا: اللہ کے رسول! مجھے میرے قبیلے کا امام بنا دیجئیے، تو آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: تم ان کے امام ہو ( لیکن ) ان کے کمزور لوگوں کی اقتداء کرنا ۱؎ اور ایسے شخص کو مؤذن رکھنا جو اپنی اذان پر اجرت نہ لے ۔

Telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Ahmad bin Sulaiman] dia berkata; telah menceritakan kepada kami ['Affan] dia berkata; telah menceritakan kepada kami [Hammad bin Salamah] dia berkata; telah menceritakan kepada kami [Sa'id bin Al-Jurairi] dari [Abu Al-'Alaa] dari [Mutharrif] dari ['Utsman bin Abul 'Ash] dia berkata; "Aku pernah memohon, 'Wahai Rasulullah Shallallahu'alaihi wasallam, jadikan aku sebagai imam kaumku?

' Rasulullah Shallallahu'alaihi wasallam menjawab, 'Kamu imam mereka dan perhatikan orang yang paling lemah serta jangan menjadikan muadzin yang mengambil upah dari adzannya

Osman b. ebil As (radıyallahü anh)’tan rivâyet edildiğine göre, şöyle demiştir: Allah’ın Rasûlü! Beni kavmime imam tayin et) dedim de şöyle buyurdu: onların imamısın, aralarında zayıf olan kimselere uy ve okuduğu ezandan ücret almayan bir müezzin tut.) (Tirmizî, Salat: 155; Ebû Dâvûd, Salat:)

Sunan an-Nasa'i 672, Book 7, The Book of the Adhan (The Call to Prayer), Hadith 47. 1 min read

What it means

This Hadīth shows that it is permissible for the one who thinks that he is qualified for leading the prayers to request from the authorities to appoint him as an Imām. This is different from asking for political leadership, which is discouraged. The prayer leader, however, should be considerate to the people with weaknesses or disabilities.

He should not prolong the prayer for them. It is preferred that the Muezzin do this job for Allah's sake, so that he does not charge a remuneration for it. If there is no volunteer to do this job, it is fine to hire someone and pay him from the public treasury.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam an-Nasa'i back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam an-Nasa'iCompiler, died 303 AH
  2. 2Ahmad ibn SulaymanInformed us, Fourth generation, died 261 AH
  3. 3Affan ibn MuslimTold us, Fourth generation, died 219 AH
  4. 4Hammad ibn SalamahTold us, Third generation, died 167 AH
  5. 5Said ibn IyasTold us, Successor, died 144 AH
  6. 6Yazid ibn Abdullah ibn ash-ShakhayrFrom, Successor, died 108 AH
  7. 7Mutarrif ibn AbdullahFrom, Successor, died 87 AH
  8. 8Uthman ibn Abi al-AsiFrom, Companion, died 50 AH

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