Some of the people who pray behind me have complained that I stand for too long after rising from rukoo’, because I recite the whole du’aa’ narrated (in the Sunnah) after rising from rukoo’, “Rabbana wa laka’l-hamd hamdan katheeran tayyiban mubaarakan fihi…” Is there a shorter du’aa’ that I can recite after rising from rukoo’ so that this will not be so difficult for the people?
Praise be to Allaah.
The imaam and all those
who have been appointed in charge of some work must pay attention to the
Sunnah, and not give in to anyone who tells him to against the Sunnah. There
is nothing wrong with shortening the prayer occasionally, if there is a need
to do so, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
used to do. But ordinarily the imam must adhere to the Sunnah. So adhere to
the Sunnah and tell the people that if they are patient in doing so they
will earn the reward of those who are patient in obeying Allaah. If the
matter of what is too short or too long were left to people’s whims and
desires, the ummah would have split into factions. What is moderate to some
may be too long for others, so you should follow what is narrated in the
Sunnah, which is well known, praise be to Allaah.
Hence I advise every imaam who leads the Muslims in prayer
in the mosques to strive to recite what is written by the scholars
describing the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him), such as Kitaab al-Salaah by Ibn al-Qayyim, which is a
well-known book, and what he mentioned in Zaad al-Ma’aad fi Hadi Khayr
al-‘Ibaad.
