A slave or a manumitted slave can lead the Salat (prayer)
باب إِمَامَةِ الْعَبْدِ وَالْمَوْلَى
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Sahih Bukhari
Sahih
حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي بُشَيْرُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سُوَيْدُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ، قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَامَ خَيْبَرَ، حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِالصَّهْبَاءِ، صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْعَصْرَ، فَلَمَّا صَلَّى دَعَا بِالأَطْعِمَةِ، فَلَمْ يُؤْتَ إِلاَّ بِالسَّوِيقِ، فَأَكَلْنَا وَشَرِبْنَا، ثُمَّ قَامَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى الْمَغْرِبِ فَمَضْمَضَ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى لَنَا الْمَغْرِبَ وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ.
Narrated Suwaid bin Nu`man:
In the year of the conquest of Khaibar I went with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) till we reached As-Sahba' where Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) led the `Asr prayer and asked for the food. Nothing but saweeq was brought and we ate it and drank (water). The Prophet (ﷺ) got up for the (Maghrib) Prayer, rinsed his mouth with water and then led the prayer without repeating the ablution.
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 215 In-book : Book 4, Hadith 81 USC-MSA web (English) : Vol. 1, Book 4, Hadith 214 (deprecated)
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