Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 789
أَخْبَرَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَسْرُوقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ زَائِدَةَ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ سَلِمَةَ الْجَرْمِيُّ، قَالَ كَانَ يَمُرُّ عَلَيْنَا الرُّكْبَانُ فَنَتَعَلَّمُ مِنْهُمُ الْقُرْآنَ فَأَتَى أَبِي النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " لِيَؤُمَّكُمْ أَكْثَرُكُمْ قُرْآنًا " . فَجَاءَ أَبِي فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لِيَؤُمَّكُمْ أَكْثَرُكُمْ قُرْآنًا " . فَنَظَرُوا فَكُنْتُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ قُرْآنًا فَكُنْتُ أَؤُمُّهُمْ وَأَنَا ابْنُ ثَمَانِ سِنِينَ .
Musa ibn Abd Ar-Rahman Al-Masruqi narrated to us: Husayn ibn Ali narrated to us from Za'idah, from Sufyan, from Ayyub, who said: Amr ibn Salamah Al-Jarmi told me: Riders used to pass by us, and we would learn the Qur'an from them. My father went to the Prophet ﷺ, who said, 'Let the one among you who knows the most Qur'an lead you in prayer.' My father returned and told us that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had said this. They looked among themselves and found that I knew the most Qur'an, so I led them in prayer when I was eight years old.