Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1561
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ الأَشْعَثِ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ زَهْدَمٍ، أَنَّ عَلِيًّا، اسْتَخْلَفَ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَخَرَجَ يَوْمَ عِيدٍ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ أَنْ يُصَلَّى قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ .
Translation
Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us; he said: ‘Abd al-Rahman informed us, from Sufyan, from al-Ash‘ath, from al-Aswad ibn Hilal, from Tha‘labah ibn Zahdam, that ‘Ali appointed Abu Mas‘ud to oversee the people, then went out on the day of Eid and said: “O people, it is not part of the Sunnah to pray before the imam.”