Can you please provide me with a Hadith that illustrate the rewards for the Imams of Salah?
Answer:
1) Being selected to lead the masses in Salah is certainly an honourable task, for Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) has said:
“The one who knows the most Quran should lead the masses in Salah”
(Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 673)
2) Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) made du’a for the Imams:
Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“The Imam is responsible and the Muadhin is trusted. O Allah! Guide the Imams and forgive the Muadhins”
(Sunan Tirmidhi, Hadith: 207,Sunan Abi Dawud, Hadith: 517, Sahih Ibn Hibban; Al Ihsan, Hadith: 1671. Also see footnotes of Shaykh Ahmad Shakir on Sunan Tirmidhi. and ‘Umdatul Qari, under Hadith: 608 )
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
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