Sahih Muslim 8238
When Matar b. Najiya dominated Kufa he ordered Abu Ubaida to lead people in prayer, and the rest of the hadith is the same.
When Matar b. Najiya dominated Kufa he ordered Abu Ubaida to lead people in prayer, and the rest of the hadith is the same.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would listen to the crying of a lad in the company of his mother, in prayer, and he would recite a short surah or a small surah.
When I begin the prayer I Intend to make it long, but I hear a boy cry. ing; I then shorten it because of his mother’s feelings.
Abu Bakr b. ‘Abd al-Rahman reported that he had heard Abu Huraira say that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said like it, but he substituted” the aged” for ‘the infirm”.
The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: Lead your people in prayer. I said: Messenger of Allah. I perceive something (disturbing) in my soul. He (the Holy Prophet) asked me to draw near him and making me sit down in front of him he placed his hand on my breast between my nipples. and […]
The last thing which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) instructed me was: When you lead the people in prayer, be brief.
The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) used to be brief and perfect in prayer.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was among those whose prayers was brief and perfect.
I never prayed behind an Imam who was more brief and more perfect in prayer than the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
Mu’adh said the night prayer with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He then came to the mosque of his people and led them in prayer.