Hazrat Abu Majliz considered the leadership of prayer by a slave to be disliked, while Hasan saw no harm in it.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Ubaidullah bin Abi Mulaykah narrates that my father, Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair, Hazrat Miswar bin Makhramah, and many other people used to visit Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her). Hazrat Aisha’s (may Allah be pleased with her) freed slave, Abu Amr, used to lead them in prayer. At that time, Abu Amr was still a slave and had not yet been freed.

Hazrat Hakam states that a slave led prayers in this mosque for forty years, and Hazrat Shurayh also used to pray in this mosque.

Hazrat Amr bin Maisarah says that Hazrat Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) performed prayer with his family behind his servant in a room of his house.

Hazrat Dhahhak says that if there is a free man among the worshippers, then a slave should not lead the prayer, and if there is a pilgrim among them, then a non-pilgrim should not lead the prayer.

Hazrat Abu Sufyan narrates that I went towards the place of Yanbu with Hazrat Abdullah bin Ja'far, Hazrat Hussain bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and Hazrat Ibn Abi Ahmad. When the time for prayer arrived, they put me forward and I led them in prayer.

Munzir bin Abi Usaid Ansari says that my father used to pray behind me. Sometimes he would say to me, "Son! Today you led a very long prayer."

Hazrat Ata says that a man will not lead his father in prayer.

Hazrat Abu Atiyyah says that Hazrat Malik bin Huwairith used to come to our place of prayer. When the time for prayer would arrive, we would say to him, "You lead the prayer." He would say, "Let one of you lead the prayer, and I will tell you why I am not leading." I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "When a person goes to meet some people, he should not lead them in prayer; rather, someone from that community should lead the prayer."

Samak bin Salamah says that I have seen Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) sitting cross-legged in prayer.