Hadith 552

Mishkat al-Masabih

Book 4: Prayer

Chapter 28

The Imam's duty - Section 1

باب ما على الإمام - الفصل الأول

Mishkat al-Masabih 1135
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْمُرُنَا بِالتَّخْفِيفِ وَيَؤُمُّنَا ب (الصافات) رَوَاهُ النَّسَائِيّ
Ibn ‘Umar said:

God's Messenger used to command us to be brief, and he would recite as-Saffat (Al-Qur’an; 37) when he was our imam. Nasa’i transmitted it.