Hani bin Muawiyah Sadafi says: I performed Hajj during the time of Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him). I was sitting in the Prophet’s Mosque (peace and blessings be upon him), and there was a man narrating hadiths to the people. He said: One day we were present with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man came and prayed near this pillar, and he hastened in completing his prayer and then left. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If this person were to die, he would die in a state that he would not be characterized by anything of the religion. A man can lighten his prayer while still completing it. I asked about this (hadith-narrating) man, who he was. I was told that he is Sayyiduna Uthman bin Hunaif Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him).

Zaid bin Wahb narrates: Sayyiduna Hudhaifah bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) entered the mosque and saw a man from a nearby area of Kindah performing prayer. He was neither completing the bowing (ruku') nor the prostration (sujud). When he finished, Sayyiduna Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Since when have you been praying like this?" He replied: "For forty years." Sayyiduna Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "(The reality is that) you have not prayed for forty years, and if you were to die in this state, with your prayer being like this, you would not die upon the religion that was given to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then he turned to him and, teaching him the prayer, said: "A man can lighten the prayer even while completing the bowing and prostration (it is not necessary to hasten)."