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Sunan Abi Dawud 589 (Book 2, Hadith 199) #20880
Leading Prayers According to Age

SUMMARY: The Prophet (peace be upon him) instructed that the oldest person among a group of people should lead the prayer when it is time to do so.

Malik b. al-Huwairith said that the Prophet( may peace be upon him) told him or some of his companions: When the time of prayer comes, call the Adhan, then call the iqamah, then the one who is oldest of you should act as your imam. The version narrated by Maslamah goes : He said: On that day we were almost equal in knowledge. The version narrated by Isma’il says: Khalid said: I said to Abu Qilabah: where is the Qur’an(ie why did the Prophet not say: The one who knows the Qur’an most should act as imam)? He replied: Both of them were equal in the knowledge of the Qur’an.
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَسْلَمَةُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، - الْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ - عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ قَالَ لَهُ أَوْ لِصَاحِبٍ لَهُ ‏ "‏ إِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَأَذِّنَا ثُمَّ أَقِيمَا ثُمَّ لْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَفِي حَدِيثِ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَ وَكُنَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ مُتَقَارِبَيْنِ فِي الْعِلْمِ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ فِي حَدِيثِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ خَالِدٌ قُلْتُ لأَبِي قِلاَبَةَ فَأَيْنَ الْقُرْآنُ قَالَ إِنَّهُمَا كَانَا مُتَقَارِبَيْنِ

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect your elders , Lead prayer if you are the oldest one .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about how one should lead prayers in a group setting. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) instructed that the oldest person among them should act as their Imam or leader for prayer. This is because age usually brings with it more knowledge and wisdom which can help guide others in their worship of Allah. It also teaches us that we should respect our elders and give them due honour for their experience and knowledge. Furthermore, this hadith also shows us that even if two people are equal in terms of knowledge or any other trait, age still takes precedence when it comes to leading prayers as an Imam or leader.

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