Sahih Muslim 1051

Anas reported: The Apostle of Allah ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) used to be brief and perfect in prayer. ..

Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) was among those whose prayers was brief and perfect. ..

Anas reported: I never prayed behind an Imam who was more brief and more perfect in prayer than the Messenger of Allah ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ). ..

Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) would listen to the crying of a lad in the company of his mother, in prayer, and he would recite a short surah or a small surah. ..

Anas b. Malik reported the Messenger of Allah ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) having said: When I begin the prayer I Intend to make it long, but I hear a boy cry. ing; I then shorten it because of his mother's feelings. ..

Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported: I noticed the prayer of Muhammad ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) and saw his Qiyam (standing), his bowing, and then going back to the standing posture after bowing, his prostration, his sitting between the two..