His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever among you leads the people in prayer..." The word "ma" here is superfluous, and the intended meaning is "So whoever among you leads the people in prayer..." The evidence from this hadith is his saying: "So I never saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) more angry in a sermon than he was on that day..."

The Shaykh : His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): The word "ma" here is superfluous, and the intended meaning is "So whoever among you leads the people in prayer..." The evidence from this hadith is his saying: "So I never saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) more angry in a sermon than he was on that day." The negation of the sighting does not negate the reality of the existence; he may have been angrier in a sermon than this, but he did not see it. However, he is narrating what he sees.