If the imam is in ruku' and hears people wanting to catch the rak'ah, should he wait for them?

Regarding waiting for the followers, if the imam has started his prayer and then hears the voices of the followers.

Should he wait for that? This is one of the issues in which the scholars have differed; some of them forbade it and were strict, as was reported from the companions of Abu Hanifa, for they forbade it, and some of them even said that whoever does that,

that whoever does that has directed part of the worship, even if only a little, to other than Allah. Some jurists say it is permissible, and some jurists say it is permissible, and their reasoning for that is

that the Prophet ﷺ would begin the prayer and lengthen the first rak'ah so that he would not hear the sound of footsteps.

So is what is meant by that that the Prophet, peace be upon him, intended to wait, or is what is meant that he would lengthen it and it was not the Prophet's intention, peace be upon him?

In some narrations, it is mentioned that the Prophet ﷺ would hear the sound of children and would shorten his prayer because of them.

This is a type of omission, and reducing an act of worship is similar to increasing it, for reducing is a form of lightening it.

Worship, and likewise, increasing its length is also worship.

For this reason, we say that waiting, if it does not involve hardship, if it does not involve hardship, and that is because in some mosques,

especially mosques along the roads, people enter frequently, so the imam, for example, hears the footsteps of people and hears their voices. Does this mean he should prolong the prayer excessively? I say at that point, this is not preferable.

Rather, he should continue as he is. As for what people do not catch or what does not burden them, then a brief wait in that is acceptable.

It is hoped that one does not deviate from the original practice in this matter, and Allah knows best. We have about five minutes left.