Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #29831

Nasr bin Abdul Rahman al-Kufi told us, he said, Ahmad bin Bashir told us, on the authority of Issa bin Maymun al-Ansari, on the authority of al-Qasim bin Muhammad, on the authority of Aisha, may God be pleased with her, said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, “It is not appropriate for a people among whom Abu Bakr is to have someone else lead them in prayer.” He said. Abu Issa, this is a good and strange hadith.