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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Who takes precedence in leading the prayer: the resident or the traveler?

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Question : He says: Which one takes precedence in leading the prayer if a group of residents and a group of travelers are equal in rank? Does one have a virtue over the other? The scholars say that the resident is more deserving than the traveler if they are equal in the other qualities, because if the resident leads them, they catch the prayer from the beginning, and if the traveler leads them,

Answer : he concludes the prayer with two rak'ahs and they make up the rest. Therefore, the scholars said that the resident is more deserving than the traveler.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 255 - 332 أيهما يقدم في الإمامة إذا اجتمع قوم مقيمون مع أناس مسافرين تساووا في الدرجة فهل لبعضهم...؟ — youtube.com

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