Sahih al-BukhariVolume 1 • Book 12 • Hadith 827

Characteristics of Prayer — Hadith 827

English Translation

Narrated 'Abdullah bin Abi Qatada Al-Ansari: My father said, "Allah's Apostle said, "Whenever I stand for prayer, I want to prolong it but on hearing the cries of a child, I would shorten it as I dislike to put its mother in trouble."

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