Is it permissible for the imam to lengthen the prayer because of the remarks of some people?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. The questioner from al-Qasim says: Honorable Shaykh, I am the imam of my father's mosque, and my father is the imam, praise be to Allah, and my father is the imam, praise be to Allah. Sometimes my cousins and some young men who know me come to us. When I stand to lead them in prayer, words come out of their mouths that do not lengthen the prayer, meaning they intend the recitation of the Qur'an. Some of them say, "You have burdened us with the prayer." So I oppose them and recite a complete long surah. When I finish the prayer and look at them, I find what I find in their looks and tears on their faces. Is my action correct? This is not
Answer:
correct. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say, "Which of you is the one who is safe from them?" For among them are the old and the weak, and there is no need for that. The imam takes into account the conditions of the ma'mum (those praying behind him), so he does not lengthen the prayer to the point of driving them away, nor does he shorten the prayer to the point of being approximate. Rather, he takes the middle path. When some of the Companions used to lengthen the prayer for their people, and they complained to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he rebuked this Companion and said, "Are you a fitnah (source of trial)?" He said, "Indeed, among you are those who drive people away. Which of you is the imam of the people?"
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you. Also, the remarks that come from a cousin saying, "Do not lengthen the prayer for us," which is the cause of this, they are forbidding him from lengthening it. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. The questioner from al-Qasim says: Honorable Shaykh, I am the imam of my father's mosque, and my father is the imam, praise be to Allah, and my father is the imam, praise be to Allah. Sometimes my cousins and some young men who know me come to us. When I stand to lead them in prayer, words come out of their mouths that do not lengthen the prayer, meaning they intend the recitation of the Qur'an. Some of them say, "You have burdened us with the prayer." So I oppose them and recite a complete long surah. When I finish the prayer and look at them, I find what I find in their looks and tears on their faces. Is my action correct? This is not
Answer:
correct. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say, "Which of you is the one who is safe from them?" For among them are the old and the weak, and there is no need for that. The imam takes into account the conditions of the ma'mum (those praying behind him), so he does not lengthen the prayer to the point of driving them away, nor does he shorten the prayer to the point of being approximate. Rather, he takes the middle path. When some of the Companions used to lengthen the prayer for their people, and they complained to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he rebuked this Companion and said, "Are you a fitnah (source of trial)?" He said, "Indeed, among you are those who drive people away. Which of you is the imam of the people?"
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you. Also, the remarks that come from a cousin saying, "Do not lengthen the prayer for us," which is the cause of this, they are forbidding him from lengthening it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6404- هل يجوز للإمام تطويل الصلاة بسبب عبارات بعض الناس؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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