The Ruling on a Latecomer Joining the Imam in the Post-Prayer Prostration for Forgetfulness
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Question:
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence the Shaykh. This questioner says: A latecomer caught up with the imam in the prostration of forgetfulness after the prayer, so he joined him. Is that valid?
Answer:
Yes, as long as the imam is in the prayer and has not turned away from it, you join him to obtain the reward and the following. Otherwise, in the correct view, the prayer is not caught up except by catching up with one unit of prayer. The congregational prayer is not caught up except by catching up with one unit of prayer. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh,
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence the Shaykh. This questioner says: A latecomer caught up with the imam in the prostration of forgetfulness after the prayer, so he joined him. Is that valid?
Answer:
Yes, as long as the imam is in the prayer and has not turned away from it, you join him to obtain the reward and the following. Otherwise, in the correct view, the prayer is not caught up except by catching up with one unit of prayer. The congregational prayer is not caught up except by catching up with one unit of prayer. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-065-شروط قبول العمل الصالح|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (30:08)
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