# Sunan Ibn Majah - Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

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**1 hadith**

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## Hadith #723

**Book:** Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin 'Abdur Rahman b. Abi Sa'sa عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن بن أبي صعصعة, Abdur Rahman bin Abi Sa'sa'a, Muhammad bin al-Sabah محمد بن الصباح البزاز الدولابي, Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah سفيان بن عيينة

“The Messenger of Allah (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.’”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-ibn-majah-723/)*

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