Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abdul Wahid bin Sabrah says that Hazrat Salim once told Hazrat Qasim bin Muhammad that when our leader came to us and led us in the Friday prayer, he kept delivering a sermon and reading letters for so long that the time for Friday prayer passed, but he did not descend and lead the prayer. Upon hearing this, Hazrat Qasim asked him, "Then did you not stand up and perform your prayer?" Salim said, "No, by God! I was afraid that people would say that one of the descendants of Umar did this." He asked, "Did you not perform your prayer sitting?" Salim said, "No." Hazrat Qasim asked, "Did you not even perform your prayer by gesture?" He said, "No." Then Hazrat Salim told that he kept delivering the sermon and reading the letter until even the time for Asr prayer passed, but he did not descend and lead the prayer. Hazrat Qasim asked him, "Did you not stand up and perform your prayer?" He said, "No." Qasim asked, "Did you not even perform your prayer sitting?" He said, "No." Qasim asked, "Did you not even perform your prayer by gesture?" He said, "No."