The Imam Lengthening the Prayer and the Denial of Some Students
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I am an imam, I am an imam in a mosque, and some of the young men among the students of knowledge deny me for lengthening the prayer for ten minutes, such as Fajr, Zuhr, and 'Asr. They pray in their homes and say that you must make the duration of your prayer only seven minutes. His question is: What is the guidance in this matter?
Answer:
This is not permissible for them. They are falling behind the congregational prayer on the pretext that the imam lengthens it. The imam does not lengthen it; rather, he takes the middle path, taking the middle between completing the prayer and easing it for the congregation. You should take the middle path. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I am an imam, I am an imam in a mosque, and some of the young men among the students of knowledge deny me for lengthening the prayer for ten minutes, such as Fajr, Zuhr, and 'Asr. They pray in their homes and say that you must make the duration of your prayer only seven minutes. His question is: What is the guidance in this matter?
Answer:
This is not permissible for them. They are falling behind the congregational prayer on the pretext that the imam lengthens it. The imam does not lengthen it; rather, he takes the middle path, taking the middle between completing the prayer and easing it for the congregation. You should take the middle path. Yes.
Source
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