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ahmad:7474Yazīd > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Abū al-Walīd > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you lead the people in prayer, make it easy for them, as among them are the elderly, the weak, and the young."  

أحمد:٧٤٧٤حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَمَمْتُمُ النَّاسَفَخَفِّفُوا فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الْكَبِيرَ وَالضَّعِيفَ وَالصَّغِيرَ  


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muslim:467aQutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Mughīrah / Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥizāmī > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ said: When any one of you leads the people in prayer, he should be brief for among them are the young and the aged, the weak and the sick. But when one of you prays by himself, he may (prolong) as he likes.  

مسلم:٤٦٧aوَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِزَامِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَمَّ أَحَدُكُمُ النَّاسَ فَلْيُخَفِّفْ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الصَّغِيرَ وَالْكَبِيرَ وَالضَّعِيفَ وَالْمَرِيضَ فَإِذَا صَلَّى وَحْدَهُ فَلْيُصَلِّ كَيْفَ شَاءَ  

tirmidhi:236Qutaybah > al-Mughīrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

the Prophet said: "When one of you leads the people in prayer then let him be brief, for indeed here are among them the young and the old, the weak and the ill. When one of you prays alone, then let him pray as he wishes."  

الترمذي:٢٣٦حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَمَّ أَحَدُكُمُ النَّاسَ فَلْيُخَفِّفْ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الصَّغِيرَ وَالْكَبِيرَ وَالضَّعِيفَ وَالْمَرِيضَ فَإِذَا صَلَّى وَحْدَهُ فَلْيُصَلِّ كَيْفَ شَاءَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ وَأَنَسٍ وَجَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ وَمَالِكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَبِي وَاقِدٍ وَعُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ وَأَبِي مَسْعُودٍ وَجَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَحَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ اخْتَارُوا أَنْ لاَ يُطِيلَ الإِمَامُ الصَّلاَةَ مَخَافَةَ الْمَشَقَّةِ عَلَى الضَّعِيفِ وَالْكَبِيرِ وَالْمَرِيضِ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَأَبُو الزِّنَادِ اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ ذَكْوَانَ وَالأَعْرَجُ هُوَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ هُرْمُزَ الْمَدِينِيُّ وَيُكْنَى أَبَا دَاوُدَ
ahmad:9104Ḥusayn > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Abū al-Walīd > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When you lead the people in prayer, make it easy for them, for among them are the elderly, the weak, and the young." He also said in another narration, "From Abu Al-Walid, the servant of Amr ibn Khidash."  

أحمد:٩١٠٤حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَمَمْتُمُ النَّاسَ فَخَفِّفُوا فَإِنَّ مِنْهُمُ الْكَبِيرَ وَالضَّعِيفَ وَالصَّغِيرَ وَقَالَ فِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ عَنْ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ مَوْلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ خِدَاشٍ  

ahmad:10938Hāshim > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Abū al-Walīd > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you lead the people in prayer, make it easy for them, as there may be among them the elderly, the weak, and the young."  

أحمد:١٠٩٣٨حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَمَمْتُمُ النَّاسَ فَخَفِّفُوا فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الْكَبِيرَ وَالضَّعِيفَ وَالصَّغِيرَ