The Imam’s Lengthening of the Prayer and the Objection of a Single Ma'mum

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If I am the imam of a mosque and I pray in congregation and I lengthen the prayer, and only one man objects to this lengthening, I tell him, “Pray while sitting.” He does not accept that and wants me to shorten the prayer.

Answer:
You are the one who is in error; you are the one who is in error, even if it is only one man. Shorten the prayer with completeness and do not lengthen it. Yes, if there is in the congregation, even one person, for whom lengthening is difficult, you must consider him. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) considered the woman whose child was crying; he considered what was said about them, that there are the weak among them, and he said, “There is the weak among them, the old man, and the one in need.” Individuals; you must consider the conditions of the ma'mums, even if they are few or just one person; you must consider them. And you tell him that he should pray sitting? This is among the strange things. One does not pray sitting except the sick person who cannot stand, because standing is a pillar of the prayer. How do you drop a pillar of the prayer from him just so that you can lengthen it? You are the one who is in error in this. Yes.