مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwiya
كتاب الصلوٰةBook of Prayer
The imam should keep the congregation short
Hadith 156
أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ، نا ابْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ صَلَّى صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ تَجَوَّزَ فِيهَا، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ هَكَذَا كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ((نَعَمْ، وَأَوْجَزَ)) .
Ibn Abi Khalid narrated from his father, he said: I saw Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him), he performed the Fajr prayer and he would shorten it. I said: Abu Huraira! Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) use to pray like this? He said: Yes, even shorter than this.
