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7190. Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd As-Sā'idī: There was some quarrel (fighting) among Banī 'Amr, and when this news reached the Prophet ﷺ, he offered the Zuhr prayer and went to establish peace among them. In the meantime the time of Asr prayer was due, Bilāl pronounced the Ādhān and then the Iqāma for the Ṣalāt (prayer) and requested Abū Bakr (to lead the Ṣalāt) and Abū Bakr went forward. The Prophet ﷺ arrived while Abū Bakr was still in Ṣalāt (prayer). He entered the rows of people offering prayer till he stood behind Abū Bakr in the (first) row. The people started clapping, and it was the habit of Abū Bakr that whenever he stood for Ṣalāt (prayer), he never glanced sideways till he had finished the Ṣalāt (prayer), but when Abū Bakr observed that the clapping was not coming to an end, he looked and saw the Prophet ﷺ standing behind him. The Prophet ﷺ beckoned him to carry on by waving his hand. Abū Bakr stood there for a while, thanking Allāh for the saying of the Prophet ﷺ and then he retreated, taking his steps backwards. When the Prophet ﷺ saw that, he went ahead and led the people in Salât (prayer). When he finished the Salât (prayer), he said, "O Abū Bakr! What prevented you from carrying on with the Salât (prayer) after I beckoned you to do so?" Abū Bakr replied, "It does not befit the son of Abu Quḥāfa to lead the Prophet ﷺ in Salât (prayer)". Then the Prophet ﷺ said to the people, "If some problem arises during Salât (prayer), then the men should say, Subḥān Allāh!; and the women should clap." [See Vol.1, Hadīth No. 684]