Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَن سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَن أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ عَن مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اجْعَلْنِي إِمَامَ قَوْمِي قَالَ اقْتَدِ بِأَضْعَفِهِمْ وَاتَّخِذْ مُؤَذِّنًا لَا يَأْخُذُ عَلَى أَذَانِهِ أَجْرًا.
English Translation
Hasan ibn Musa narrated to us: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Sa'id al-Jurayri, from Abu al-'Ala', from Mutarrif ibn Abdullah, that Uthman ibn Abi al-'As said: 'O Messenger of Allah, appoint me as imam of my people.' He said: 'Follow the pace of the weakest of them, and take a mu'adhdhin who does not take payment for his call to prayer.'