A question regarding the standard for shortening and lengthening established by the Sunnah in prayer?
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The Shaykh : Who said: Who said it this way?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Who said it? The Messenger, and what did Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) say about the prayer of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? Mishkat al-Masabih 1129 So the intention of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was to prevent what Ma'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) or the man who used to lead people in the Fajr prayer and some of them would be delayed from it because of its length used to do. As for what conforms to the Sunnah, it is light and it is the most complete.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He recites sixty or a hundred; it is not necessary now to distinguish between sixty... there is a big difference; it is not necessary to recite a hundred.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes... absolutely... once, we saw people in the standing prayer of Ramadan reciting in the first rak'ah... and in the second[Al-Ikhlas 112:1] the second taslim they recite [Ash-Sharh 94:1] and [Al-Ikhlas 112:1] and the ruku' and the sujud, and there is no harm... it is not possible to be lenient with people in this, yes.
If he prays, let him shorten it
إذا صلى فليخففThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh :
Let him shorten it
فليخففI never prayed behind an imam , who was more brief or more perfect in his prayer than the Prophet
ما صليت وراء إمام قط أخف صلاة ولا أتم صلاة من النبي صلى الله عليه وسلمLet him shorten it
فليخففThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He recites sixty or a hundred; it is not necessary now to distinguish between sixty... there is a big difference; it is not necessary to recite a hundred.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes... absolutely... once, we saw people in the standing prayer of Ramadan reciting in the first rak'ah... and in the second