Someone came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said that the tribe of Amr bin Awf had fallen into fighting and were pelting one another with stones. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to make peace between them.When the time for prayer arrived, Bilal came to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, and asked, "Will you lead the prayer so I may call the iqamah?"Abu Bakr replied, "Yes."So Bilal called the iqamah and Abu Bakr stepped forward. When he had begun the prayer and the people had lined up in rows behind him, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned from where he had gone. He began making his way through the rows until he reached the front row, then stood there.The people began clapping to alert Abu Bakr to the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, for Abu Bakr would not turn around during prayer. When they continued clapping insistently, he turned and saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ standing behind him among the people. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gestured to him to stay in his place, but Abu Bakr raised his hands as though praising Allah, then stepped backward until he joined the row. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then moved forward and led the people in prayer.When he finished, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "What was the matter with you? When something arose during your prayer, you began to clap. If something arises during prayer, men should say SubhanAllah. Clapping is for women."Then he turned to Abu Bakr and said, "Why did you raise your hands? What kept you from staying in place when I gestured to you?"Abu Bakr replied, "I raised my hands because I was praising Allah for what I saw from you. It would not have been fitting for the son of Abu Quhafa to lead the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in prayer."
حدثنا حجين بن المثنى حدثنا عبد العزيز يعني ابن أبي سلمة عن أبي حازم القاص
أتى رسول الله ﷺ آت فقال إن بني عمرو بن عوف قد اقتتلوا وتراموا بالحجارة فخرج إليهم رسول الله ﷺ ليصلح بينهم وحانت الصلاة فجاء بلال إلى أبي بكر الصديق رضي الله تعالى عنه فقال أتصلي فأقيم الصلاة قال نعم قال فأقام بلال الصلاة وتقدم أبو بكر فلما دخل في الصلاة وصف الناس وراءه جاء رسول الله ﷺ من حيث ذهب فجعل يتخلل الصفوف حتى بلغ الصف الأول ثم وقف وجعل الناس يصفقون ليؤذنوا أبا بكر برسول الله ﷺ وكان أبو بكر لا يلتفت في الصلاة فلما أكثروا عليه التفت فإذا هو برسول الله ﷺ خلفه مع الناس فأشار إليه رسول الله ﷺ أن اثبت فرفع يديه كأنه يدعو ثم استأخر القهقرى حتى جاء الصف فتقدم رسول الله ﷺ فصلى بالناس فلما فرغ من صلاته قال رسول الله ﷺ ما بالكم ونابكم شيء في صلاتكم فجعلتم تصفقون إذا ناب أحدكم شيء في صلاته فليسبح التسبيح للرجال والتصفيق للنساء ثم قال لأبي بكر لم رفعت يديك ما منعك أن تثبت حين أشرت إليك قال رفعت يدي لأني حمدت الله على ما رأيت منك ولم يكن ينبغي لابن أبي قحافة أن يؤم رسول الله ﷺ