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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجماعة
Chapters on Congregational Prayer
بَابُ مَا يُؤْمَرُ بِهِ الْإِمَامُ مِنَ التَّخْفِيفِ
Chapter on what the Imam is commanded regarding making the prayer light
Al-Fath ar-Rabbani 2551 — on what the Imam is commanded regarding
عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! إِنِّي لَا أَتَأَخَّرُ فِي صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ مَخَافَةَ فُلَانٍ يَعْنِي إِمَامَهُمْ، قَالَ: فَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَشَدَّ غَضَبًا فِي مَوْعِظَةٍ مِنْهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ، فَقَالَ: ((أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! إِنَّ مِنْكُمْ مُنَفِّرِينَ فَأَيُّكُمْ مَا صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ فَلْيُخَفِّفْ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الضَّعِيفَ وَالْكَبِيرَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِ))
Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) says that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I am sometimes late for the Fajr prayer because I fear the lengthy recitation of such-and-such imam. On that day, I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) admonishing the people in a state of intense anger. He said: O people! Some of you make others averse (to prayer). Whoever among you leads the people in prayer should make it brief, for among them are the weak, the elderly, and those with needs.
