The Criterion for Catching Up a Rak'ah and Catching Up the Congregation
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
This questioner says, Shaykh: By what means is a rak'ah caught up, and what is the criterion for it? And by what means is the congregation caught up in prayer, and what are the rulings related to that?
The Shaykh:
The congregation is caught up by catching up a complete rak'ah. If one catches up less than a rak'ah, he has not caught up the congregation, according to the correct of the scholars' opinions. And what is the question?
The questioner:
He says: Regarding the criterion for catching up a rak'ah, if one comes in a hurry.
The Shaykh:
Catching up a rak'ah with the imam: if you bow and your hands reach your knees before the imam rises, then you have caught up the bowing with him. Yes.
This questioner says, Shaykh: By what means is a rak'ah caught up, and what is the criterion for it? And by what means is the congregation caught up in prayer, and what are the rulings related to that?
The Shaykh:
The congregation is caught up by catching up a complete rak'ah. If one catches up less than a rak'ah, he has not caught up the congregation, according to the correct of the scholars' opinions. And what is the question?
The questioner:
He says: Regarding the criterion for catching up a rak'ah, if one comes in a hurry.
The Shaykh:
Catching up a rak'ah with the imam: if you bow and your hands reach your knees before the imam rises, then you have caught up the bowing with him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (081) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-03-02] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (45:54)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.