Yahya, Ishaq, Abu Khaythama, Ibn Abi Shaybah (1), Sulayman ibn Dawud (2), and the companions of [the school of] ra'y (opinion). The companions of Malik said: Saying "Amin" is not sunnah (3) for the imam, due to what Malik (4) narrated from Sumayy, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "When the imam says {not of those who have earned [Your] anger nor of those who have gone astray}, then say: Amin, for whoever his saying coincides with the saying of the angels, he will be forgiven (5)." This is evidence that he does not say it. Our argument is what was narrated by Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "When the imam says Amin, then say Amin, for whoever his saying of Amin coincides with the saying of the angels, he will be forgiven." It is agreed upon (6). Wa'il ibn Hujr also narrated that when the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "wala-ddallin", he said: "Amin", and he raised his voice with it. It was narrated by Abu Dawud (7), and narrated by al-Tirmidhi (8), who said: And he extended his voice with it. He also said: It is (9) a hasan (good) hadith.
(1) Abu Bakr Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Shaybah Ibrahim al-'Absi, their mawla, the Kufan, author of the "Musnad", "al-Musannaf", and "al-Tafsir". He was trustworthy and a memorizer of hadith (hafiz), died in the year 235 AH. Siyar A'lam al-Nubala 11/122-127. (2) Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn Dawud ibn al-Jarud al-Tayalisi, the hafiz; he used to recite thirty thousand hadiths from memory. He died in the year 203 AH. Siyar A'lam al-Nubala 9/378-384. (3) In [Manuscript] M: "yuhsin" (he knows). (4) In: Chapter on what has been narrated regarding saying Amin behind the imam, from the Book of the Call to Prayer (al-Nida'). al-Muwatta 1/87. It was also extracted by al-Bukhari, in: Chapter on the audible recitation of Amin by the follower, and Chapter on the audible recitation of Amin by the imam, from the Book of Adhan; and in: Chapter on {not of those who have earned [Your] anger nor of those who have gone astray}, from the Book of Tafsir. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/198, 6/21. And Muslim, in: Chapter on the tasmi', tahmid, and amin, from the Book of Prayer. Sahih Muslim 1/307. And Abu Dawud, in: Chapter on saying Amin behind the imam, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/214, 215. And al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter on the imam saying Amin aloud, and Chapter on the command to say Amin behind the imam, from the Book of Opening the Prayer. al-Mujtaba 2/111. And Ibn Majah, in: Chapter on saying Amin aloud, from the Book of Establishing Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/278. And al-Darimi, in: Chapter on the virtue of saying Amin, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Darimi 1/284. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 2/233, 238, 270, 449, 450. (5) In al-Muwatta and others there is the addition: "his previous sins will be forgiven". (6) See the extraction provided in footnote 4, except for Sunan al-Darimi and the Musnad in 2/449, 450. Added to what preceded: Extracted by al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter on what has been narrated regarding the virtue of saying Amin, from the chapters on prayer. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/50. And al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter on the imam saying Amin aloud, from the Book of Opening the Prayer. al-Mujtaba 2/110. (7) In: Chapter on saying Amin behind the imam, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/214. It was also extracted by al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter on raising the hands to the level of the ears, from the Book of Opening the Prayer. al-Mujtaba 2/94. And al-Darimi, in: Chapter on saying Amin aloud, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Darimi 1/284. (8) In: Chapter on what has been narrated regarding saying Amin, from the chapters on prayer. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/48. (9) Dropped from the original.
