The Imâm Should Make The Prayer Short If Something Happens
Darussalam · Volume 2
(5) The Chapters OfEstablishing The PrayerAnd The SunnahRegarding ThemSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 989 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 316
Source no. 989 · Volume 2 · Page 489
Sahih
صحيح، صفة الصلاة
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989. It was narrated that Anas bin Mâlik said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'I start prayer and I want to make it long, but then I hear an infant crying, so I make my prayer short, because I know the distress caused to the mother by his crying.'" (Sahih)
989 - حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنِّي لَأَدْخُلُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، وَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ إِطَالَتَهَا، فَأَسْمَعُ بُكَاءَ الصَّبِيِّ، فَأَتَجَوَّزُ فِي صَلَاتِي، مِمَّا أَعْلَمُ لِوَجْدِ أُمِّهِ بِبُكَائِهِ»
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'Making the prayer short (or long)' means making the recitation short or long. There is also the possibility of some reduction in the supplications of other parts of prayer.