Sunan Ibn Majah
981
Chapter 7 · Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Themمَا يَجِبُ عَلَى الإِمَامِ
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أَخُو فُلَيْحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ سَهْلُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ يُقَدِّمُ فِتْيَانَ قَوْمِهِ يُصَلُّونَ بِهِمْ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: تَفْعَلُ وَلَكَ مِنَ الْقِدَمِ مَا لَكَ، قَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْت رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: الْإِمَامُ ضَامِنٌ، فَإِنْ أَحْسَنَ فَلَهُ وَلَهُمْ، وَإِنْ أَسَاءَ، يَعْنِي: فَعَلَيْهِ، وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ .
Translation
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
What is incumbent upon the Imam
“Sahl bin Sa’d As-Sa’idi رضی اللہ عنہ used to give preference to the young to lead his people in prayer. It was said to him: “Do you do that, when you have such seniority (in Islam)?” He said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘The Imam is responsible. If he does well, then he will have the reward and so will they, but if he does badly, then that will be counted against him but not against them.’”