Hadiths on the Virtues of Leading Prayer and the Adhan

The Shaykh : For example, the hadiths that passed by earlier in this book, at its beginning: , is this the hadith? Yes, , look now at this hadith: a supplication from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in which he calls upon his Lord to forgive the imams. If a Muslim leads the people in prayer just once in his life and records this leading in the recorder, having been an imam only once in his life, then in entrusting this matter to this machine, he has deprived himself of this virtue: .
Likewise: the supplication of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the completion of the hadith that our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) guide the mu'adhdhins and lead them to the right path. Similarly, if this mu'adhdhin records his adhan, he has made himself in need of being deserving of such a supplication from his Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Likewise, the hadith: , this is a virtue in which no one among the people shares with the mu'adhdhins, absolutely not; whether this virtue is obtained by way of recording his adhan and his iqamah as well. The answer: No.
We constantly and forever draw attention to the fact that to the extent that we are lenient with people in ordinary worldly matters, to that same extent we are strict with them in religious matters of worship. It is not we who are being strict with them in reality; rather, we are conveying to them the ruling of Allah.