The ruling on the prayer of a traveler if he prays the midday prayer as two units behind a resident imam?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a traveler prayed the midday prayer behind a resident imam. When the imam stood for the third unit, the traveler sat for the tashahhud until he said the taslim with the imam at the end of the prayer. Is his prayer invalid?
Answer:
The people of the Sunnah hold that he is commanded to follow the imam until the imam says the taslim. So if one prays behind someone who completes the prayer, it is obligatory for him to complete it. If he shortens it, his prayer is not valid.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a traveler prayed the midday prayer behind a resident imam. When the imam stood for the third unit, the traveler sat for the tashahhud until he said the taslim with the imam at the end of the prayer. Is his prayer invalid?
Answer:
The people of the Sunnah hold that he is commanded to follow the imam until the imam says the taslim. So if one prays behind someone who completes the prayer, it is obligatory for him to complete it. If he shortens it, his prayer is not valid.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2374 -2802] حكم صلاة المسافر إذا صلى الظهر ركعتين خلف إمام مقيم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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