The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us, when we were three, that one of us should walk ahead of the others.
حدثنا بندار محمد بن بشار حدثنا محمد بن أبي عدي قال أنبأنا إسمعيل بن مسلم عن الحسن
أمرنا رسول الله ﷺ إذا كنا ثلاثة أن يتقدمنا أحدنا
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Takhrij: Kabir 7/228, [its chain is daif]. Tabarani transmitted it in al-Kabir 7/228, hadith 6951, from the hadith of Ismail bin Muslim through the same route. Part of the hadith has supporting evidence in Ibn Majah, hadith 974, and Ibn Khuzayma, hadith 1536, and others.On this subject there is also a report from Ibn Masud [Muslim, hadith 534], Jabir [Muslim, hadith 3010], and Anas bin Malik [Bukhari, hadith 380, and Muslim, hadith 658/266, and Bayhaqi 3/69].The hadith of Ibn Masud concerning Alqama and al-Aswad was transmitted by Muslim, hadith 534.