ا دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ عِنْدَهُ قَوْمٌ فَصَلَّى بِهِمُ الْعَصْرَ وَ قَدْ كُنَّا صَلَّيْنَا فَعَدَدْنَا لَهُ فِي رُكُوعِهِ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ أَرْبَعاً وَ ثَلَاثِينَ أَوْ ثَلَاثاً وَ ثَلَاثِينَ مَرَّةً وَ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا فِي حَدِيثِهِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَ السُّجُودِ سَوَاءً هَذَا لِأَنَّهُ عَلِمَ ( عليه السلام ) احْتِمَالَ الْقَوْمِ لِطُولِ رُكُوعِهِ وَ سُجُودِهِ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ رُوِيَ أَنَّ الْفَضْلَ لِلْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُخَفِّفَ وَ يُصَلِّيَ بِأَضْعَفِ الْقَوْمِ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazzal, from Ibn Bukeyr, from Hamza Bin Humran and Al Hassan Bin Ziyad who both said, ‘We both went over to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, and in his<sup>asws</sup> presence was a group of people. So he<sup>asws</sup> prayed Al-Asr <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> with them (leading them), and we both had already prayed. So we counted for him<sup>asws</sup>, during his<sup>asws</sup> <span class="iTxt">Rukū</span>, ‘Glorious is my Lord<sup>azwj</sup> the Magnificent’, thirty four or thirty three times’. And one of them said in a Hadeeth of his, ‘And his<sup>asws</sup> praise during the <span class="iTxt">Rukū</span> and the <span class="iTxt">Sajdah</span> was the same. This is because he<sup>asws</sup> knew the capacity of the people of prolonging his<sup>asws</sup> <span class="iTxt">Rukū</span> and his<sup>asws</sup> <span class="iTxt">Sajdah</span>, and that is because it is reported that the best (thing to do) for the prayer leader is that he should lighten when he is praying <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> with the weak people’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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