Daily Hadith Tue 23-Mar-2010 - 08 Rabbi al-Thanni 1431 حديث اليوم
Moderation in Worship
Jabir bin Samurah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I used to perform prayer with the Prophet (PBUH) and "his Salat was of a moderate length and his Khutbah too was moderate in length".[Muslim].


Commentary:
This Hadith tells us that Imam should neither lengthen the Salat nor give a long Khutbah in the congregational Salat because both of these things are not according to the practice of the Prophet (PBUH).
14/148 - Riyad Us-Saliheen (Gardens of the Righteous)
باب في الاقتصاد في العبادة
وعن أَبِي عبد اللَّه جابر بن سمُرَةَ رضي اللَّهُ عنهما قال : كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ النبيِّ صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم الصَّلَوَاتِ ، «فَكَانَتْ صلاتُهُ قَصداً وخُطْبَتُه قَصْداً » رواه مسلم .قولُهُ : قَصْداً : أَيْ بَيْنَ الطُّولِ وَالْقِصَرِ .
148/14 - رياض الصالحين
Tue 23-Mar-2010 - 08 Rabbi al-Thanni 1431