الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجماعةChapters on Congregational Prayer
بَابُ مَا يُؤْمَرُ بِهِ الْإِمَامُ مِنَ التَّخْفِيفِChapter on what the Imam is commanded regarding making the prayer light
Hadith 2546
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ((إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ لِلنَّاسِ فَلْيُخَفِّفْ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الضَّعِيفَ وَالسَّقِيمَ وَالْكَبِيرَ (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ وَالصَّغِيرَ بَدَلَ السَّقِيمِ) وَإِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ لِنَفْسِهِ فَلْيُطَوِّلْ مَا شَاءَ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: When any of you leads the people in prayer, he should make it brief, because among them are the weak, the sick, and the elderly. However, when a person prays alone, he may prolong it as much as he wishes. In one narration, instead of "the weak," the word "the young" is used.
