If the people of the market wish for the imam to hasten the prayer, should he do so?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. If the people of the market wish for the completion of the prayer, for example, they say, "We do not want... but we want the imam to hasten five or seven minutes after the adhan, then give the iqamah." Should their request be granted?
The Shaykh : One must look at the rest of the people in the mosque. I say, one must look, and also distinguish between the prayer that has a rawatib (regular voluntary prayers) before it and the one that does not.
The Shaykh : One must look at the rest of the people in the mosque. I say, one must look, and also distinguish between the prayer that has a rawatib (regular voluntary prayers) before it and the one that does not.