صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الصلاة
The Book of Prayers
باب أَمْرِ الأَئِمَّةِ بِتَخْفِيفِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي تَمَامٍ:
Chapter: The Command To The Imam To Make The Prayer Brief But Complete
Hadith 467
This hadith is listed as number 1048 in Maktaba Shamila
وحَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ، يَقُولُ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ لِلنَّاسِ ، فَلْيُخَفِّفْ ، فَإِنَّ فِي النَّاسِ ، الضَّعِيفَ ، وَالسَّقِيمَ ، وَذَا الْحَاجَةِ " ،
Hammam bin Munabbih reported: This is what Abu Hurairah (RA) transmitted to us from Muhammad the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , and he narrated (some) ahadith out of (these narrations and one of them is this): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When any one of you stands to lead people In prayer, he should shorten it, for amongst them are the aged, and amongst them are the weak, but when he prays by himself, he may prolong his prayer as he likes.
