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Sunan Ibn Majah is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Muhammad ibn Yazid Ibn Majah. It is one of the six canonical hadith collections.
Sunan Ibn Majah 981
Chapter: What is incumbent upon the Imam
“Sahl bin Sa’d As-Sa’idi used to give preference to the young to lead his people in prayer. It was said to him: “Do you do that, when you have such seniority (in Islam)?” He said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘The Imam is responsible. If he does well, then he will have the reward and so will they, but if he does badly, then that will be counted against him but not against them.’”
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Chapter: What is incumbent upon the Imam
“I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: ‘A time will come when the people will stand for a long time and will not be able to find any Imam to lead them in prayer.”
Sunan Ibn Majah 983
Chapter: What is incumbent upon the Imam
“You are the most deserving of that, you were the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).” But he refused and said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever leads the people and gets it right, the prayer will be for him and for them, but if he falls short, then that will be counted against him but not against them.”
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Chapter: Whoever leads people (in Prayer), let him make it short
“A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! I stay behind and do not perform the morning prayer (in congregation) because of so-and-so, for he makes it too long for us.’ I never saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) preaching with such anger as he did that day. He said; ‘O people! There are among you those who repel others. Whoever among you leads others in prayer, let him keep it short, for among them are those who are weak and elderly, and those who have pressing needs.’”
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Chapter: Whoever leads people (in Prayer), let him make it short
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to make his prayer brief but perfect.”
Sunan Ibn Majah 986
Chapter: Whoever leads people (in Prayer), let him make it short
“Mu’adh bin Jabal Al-Ansari led his companions in the ‘Isha’ prayer and he made it long. A man among us went away and prayed by himself. Mu’adh was told about that and he said: ‘He is a hypocrite.’ When the man heard about that, he went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and told him what Mu’adh had said to him. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Do you want to be a cause of Fitnah (trial, tribulation), O Mu’adh? When you lead the people in prayer, recite “By the sun and its brightness,”[Ash-Shams 91] and “Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High,” [Al-A’la 87] and “By the night as it envelopes,” [Al-Lail 92] and “Recite in the Name of your Lord.’”[Al-‘Alaq]
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Chapter: Whoever leads people (in Prayer), let him make it short
“I heard ‘Uthman bin Abul-‘As say: “The last thing that the Prophet (ﷺ) enjoined on me when he appointed me governor of Ta’if was that he said: “O ‘Uthman! Be tolerable in prayer and estimate the people based upon the weakest among them, for among them are the elderly, the young, the sick, those who live far from the mosque, and those who have pressing needs.”
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Chapter: Whoever leads people (in Prayer), let him make it short
“When you lead people, keep it short for them.”
Sunan Ibn Majah 989
Chapter: The Imam should make the Prayer short if something happens
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘I start prayer and I want to make it long, but then I hear an infant crying, so I make my prayer short, because I know the distress caused to the mother by his crying.’”
Sunan Ibn Majah 990
Chapter: The Imam should make the Prayer short if something happens
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘I hear an infant crying so I make the prayer short.’”