The ruling on one who arrives while the imam is in the final tashahhud
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if a man enters the mosque and the imam is in the tashahhud, does he have the right to pray until the imam finishes so that he can pray in congregation with other latecomers?
Answer:
If he knows that there are people behind him who will wait for him, it is good for him to wait so they can pray in congregation with him. But if no one behind him is saying the takbir, he should join the imam. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, if a man enters the mosque and the imam is in the tashahhud, does he have the right to pray until the imam finishes so that he can pray in congregation with other latecomers?
Answer:
If he knows that there are people behind him who will wait for him, it is good for him to wait so they can pray in congregation with him. But if no one behind him is saying the takbir, he should join the imam. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 69 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الصلاة/صلاة المسافر والمريض/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (55:56)
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