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When offering Salat (prayer) alone, one can prolong the Salat as much as one wishes

باب إِذَا صَلَّى لِنَفْسِهِ فَلْيُطَوِّلْ مَا شَاءَ

Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Call to Prayers (Adhaan)(view book)

Sahih al-Bukhari 703

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle ﷺ said, "If anyone of you leads the people in the prayer, he should shorten it for amongst them are the weak, the sick and the old;
and if anyone among your prays alone then he may prolong (the prayer) as much as he wishes. "

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ " إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ لِلنَّاسِ فَلْيُخَفِّفْ، فَإِنَّ مِنْهُمُ الضَّعِيفَ وَالسَّقِيمَ وَالْكَبِيرَ، وَإِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ لِنَفْسِهِ فَلْيُطَوِّلْ مَا شَاءَ ".

Classification

Sahih (Authentic)
When offering Salat (prayer) alone, one can prolong the Salat as much as one wishes – Call to Prayers (Adhaan) - Sahih al-Bukhari | Hadith – Amrayn