When Mu'aawiyah ibn al-Hakam al-Salami came to Madeenah from the desert, he did not know that it was forbidden to speak during the salah. He relates: "Whilst I was praying behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), a man sneezed, so I said 'Yarhamuk Allaah (may Allah have mercy on you).' The people glared at me, so I said, 'May my mother lose me! What is wrong with you that you are looking at me?' They began to slap their thighs with their hands, and when I saw that they were indicating that I should be quiet, I stopped talking (i.e., I nearly wanted to answer them back, but I controlled myself and kept quiet).
When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had finished praying. I have never seen a better teacher than him before or since - he did not scold me or hit me or put me to shame.
He just said, 'This prayer should contain nothing of the speech of men; it is only Tasbeeh and Takbeer and recitation of the Quran.'"
Source: Saheeh Muslim, 'Abd al-Baaqi edn., no. 537.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon) made people feel joyful, he never made anybody feel depressed for the actions they have done.
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