Sahih al-Bukhari 702

Book 10: Call to Prayers (Adhaan) · Hadith 97

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَيْسًا، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، قَالَ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَتَأَخَّرُ عَنْ صَلاَةِ الْغَدَاةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ فُلاَنٍ مِمَّا يُطِيلُ بِنَا‏.‏ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي مَوْعِظَةٍ أَشَدَّ غَضَبًا مِنْهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنَّ مِنْكُمْ مُنَفِّرِينَ، فَأَيُّكُمْ مَا صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ فَلْيَتَجَوَّزْ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الضَّعِيفَ وَالْكَبِيرَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Abu Mas`ud:A man came and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! By Allah, I keep away from the morning prayer only because So and so prolongs the prayer when he leads us in it." The narrator said, "I never saw Allah's Apostle more furious in giving advice than he was at that time. He then said, "Some of you make people dislike good deeds (the prayer). So whoever among you leads the people in prayer should shorten it because among them are the weak, the old and the needy

Abu Mas'ud (رضی اللہ عنہ) bataate hain ke ek shaks aaya aur kaha: "Ya Rasoolallah! Allah ki qasam, main Fajr ki jamaat se sirf isliye door rehta hoon kyunke falaan shaks namaz lambi kar deta hai jab woh humari imamat karta hai." Rawi ne kaha: "Maine Allah ke Rasool ko us din se zyada gussa naseehat karte kabhi nahi dekha." Aap ne farmaya: "Tum mein se kuch log doosron ko nekiyon (namaz) se bezaar kar dete hain. Isliye jo bhi imamat kare, use namaz halki karni chahiye kyunke unme kamzor, budhe aur zaroorat-mand log hote hain."

Sahih al-Bukhari 702 · Book 10, Hadith 97

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