Volume 1, Book 11, Number 669:
Narrated ‘Amr:
Jabir bin ‘Abdullah said, “Mu’adh bin Jabal used to pray with the Prophet and then go to lead his
people in prayer Once he led the ‘Isha’ prayer and recited Surat “Al-Baqra.” Somebody left the prayer
and Mu’adh criticized him. The news reached the Prophet and he said to Mu’adh, ‘You are putting
the people to trial,’ and repeated it thrice (or said something similar) and ordered him to recite two
medium Suras of Mufassal.” (‘Amr said that he had forgotten the names of those Suras).
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 670:
Narrated Abu Mas’ud:
A man came and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! By Allah, I keep away from the morning prayer only be –
cause So and so prolongs the prayer when he leads us in it.” The narrator said, “I never saw Allah’s
Apostle more furious in giving advice than he was at that time. He then said, “Some of you make
people dislike good deeds (the prayer). So whoever among you leads the people in prayer should
shorten it because among them are the weak, the old and the needy.”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 671:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “If anyone of you leads the people in the prayer, he should shorten it for
amongst them are the weak, the sick and the old; and if anyone among your prays alone then he may
prolong (the prayer) as much as he wishes. ”
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Volume 1, Book 11, Number 672:
Narrated Abu Mas’ud:
A man came and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I keep away from the morning prayer because so-and-so
(Imam) prolongs it too much.” Allah’s Apostle became furious and I had never seen him more furious
than he was on that day. The Prophet said, “O people! Some of you make others dislike the prayer, so
whoever becomes an Imam he should shorten the prayer, as behind him are the weak, the old and
the needy.”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 660:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Isn’t he who raises his head before the Imam afraid that Allah may transform
his head into that of a donkey or his figure (face) into that of a donkey?”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 661:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
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When the earliest emigrants came to Al-‘Usba a place in Quba’, before the arrival of the Prophet-
Salim, the slave of Abu Hudhaifa, who knew the Qur’an more than the others used to lead them in
prayer.
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 662:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, “Listen and obey (your chief) even if an Ethiopian whose head is like a raisin
were made your chief.”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 653:
Narrated Malik bin Huwairth:
We went to the Prophet and we were all young men and stayed with him for about twenty nights.
The Prophet was very merciful. He said, “When you return home, impart religious teachings to your
families and tell them to offer perfectly such and such a prayer at such and such a time and such
and such a prayer at such and such a time. And al the time of the prayer one of you should pro –
nounce the Adhan and the oldest of you should lead the prayer.”
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