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236. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "When one of
you leads the people in prayer then let him be brief, for indeed there are among them the young and the old, the weak and the ill. When one of you prays alone, then let him pray as he wishes.” (Saḥīḥ)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from ‘Adī bin Hātīm, Anas, Jābir bin Samurah, Mālik bin ‘Abdullāh, Abū Wāqid, ‘Uthmān bin [Abī] Al-‘Ās, Abū Mas‘ūd, Jābir bin ‘Abdullāh, and Ibn ‘Abbās.
Abū ‘Eisā said: The Hadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Ḥasan Saḥīḥ Hadīth.
And it is the saying of most of the people of knowledge, they prefer that the Imām not lengthen and prolong the prayer, fearing hardship for the weak, the elderly, and the ill.
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] The name of Abū Az-Zinād (one of the narrators) is ‘Abdullāh bin Dhakwān, and Al-A‘raj (one of the narrators) is ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin Hurmuz [Al-Madani], and his Kunyah is Abū Dāwud.
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Commentary
He ﷺ advised that the Imām should be aware that sometimes among the followers there are sick, weak, elderly or tired; therefore he should not prolong the prayer much.
