Converting an obligatory prayer to a voluntary one to catch a second congregation
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Question:
The Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person joins a congregation after the fourth rak'ah of the Dhuhr prayer, for example, and after the imam has said the taslim, this person stands to make up what he missed, and then he hears a new congregation starting, so he converts his prayer to a voluntary one to catch the second congregation, thereby completing the obligatory prayer with the congregation, is this permissible?
Answer:
We have found, and recently read and heard about, that converting from an obligatory prayer to a voluntary one is fine, and there is no blame on him for that, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person joins a congregation after the fourth rak'ah of the Dhuhr prayer, for example, and after the imam has said the taslim, this person stands to make up what he missed, and then he hears a new congregation starting, so he converts his prayer to a voluntary one to catch the second congregation, thereby completing the obligatory prayer with the congregation, is this permissible?
Answer:
We have found, and recently read and heard about, that converting from an obligatory prayer to a voluntary one is fine, and there is no blame on him for that, if Allah wills.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/26 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (56:00)
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