أَخْبَرَنَا
أَبُو يَعْلَى ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ
إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ ، عَنْ
قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ ، قَالَ : جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنِّي لأَتَأَخَّرُ عَنْ صَلاةِ الْغَدَاةِ مِمَّا يُطِيلُ بِنَا فُلانٌ . فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ فِي مَوْعِظَةٍ أَشَدَّ غَضَبًا مِنْهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ، فَقَالَ : " أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، إِنَّ مِنْكُمْ مُنَفِّرِينَ ، فَأَيُّكُمْ مَا صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ فَلْيَتَجَوَّزْ ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الضَّعِيفَ ، وَالْكَبِيرَ ، وَذَا الْحَاجَةِ " .
Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I do not participate in the morning prayer because so-and-so leads us in a long prayer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up (the narrator says) and while giving a sermon, I have never seen the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) more angry than on that day. He said: “O people! Some of you make others dislike (the prayer). Whoever among you leads the people in prayer should make it short, because among the people are the weak, the elderly, the frail, and those who have work to do.”