The ruling on one who joins the imam in the final tashahhud

The questioner : If a traveler joins a man who is praying an obligatory prayer while he is in the final tashahhud, and he sits with him when he concludes the prayer

The Shaykh : He sits, what?

The questioner : We sat with the one praying the obligatory prayer in the final tashahhud.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : When he concluded the prayer.

The Shaykh : He is praying a four-rak'ah prayer. Is that right?

The questioner : Meaning,

The Shaykh : A traveler joined an imam who is praying a four-rak'ah prayer in the final tashahhud. All right.

The questioner : When he concludes the prayer, does he complete the four rak'ahs or two?

The Shaykh : Did you hear the question? It asks: Does he complete the four rak'ahs or two? A man joined the imam who is praying four rak'ahs in the final tashahhud. Is he required to complete four rak'ahs or pray two? He is required to complete four, based on the saying of the Prophet

The questioner : It is impossible to catch the Snapchat.

The Shaykh : Let us leave that. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If you catch the prayer, pray it." If he had said, "If you catch the prayer," it would be correct to base it on the issue of what constitutes catching the congregation. Therefore, some people thought that this issue is based on catching the congregation, and said that catching the congregation, according to the stronger position, does not occur except with one rak'ah. We say that this is not based on catching the congregation, because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say, "If you catch the congregation, then complete what you missed." Wait, everyone, let us resolve this issue for everyone, as it happens often and is often confusing. For Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said in this issue that if he catches one rak'ah, he completes four, and if he catches less than that, he may shorten. But I have a concern that this is questionable, because the generality of the hadith covers this case, and this man has now missed four rak'ahs.

The questioner : Four things.

The Shaykh : There is a specific debt? No, no, it is not like that, it is not like that. That is if the imam is a traveler, as you say. But this imam is a resident. He completes it. Yes. No, no, yes. Yes.