Entering the mosque and the first congregation in the final tashahhud: does he pray with them or wait to pray with a second congregation?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man was late for the congregational prayer and entered the mosque, where he found the first congregation in the final tashahhud. Is it permissible for him to wait until another congregation arrives, or should he hasten and pray with the first congregation? If he hopes to catch up with a congregation and that another congregation will come to pray with them, he should wait.
Answer:
As for if he does not know whether anyone will come or not, he should enter with the imam in whatever remains of the prayer to obtain the reward. Yes, and he should not neglect the reward. Yes, and he does not know whether anyone will come or not. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man was late for the congregational prayer and entered the mosque, where he found the first congregation in the final tashahhud. Is it permissible for him to wait until another congregation arrives, or should he hasten and pray with the first congregation? If he hopes to catch up with a congregation and that another congregation will come to pray with them, he should wait.
Answer:
As for if he does not know whether anyone will come or not, he should enter with the imam in whatever remains of the prayer to obtain the reward. Yes, and he should not neglect the reward. Yes, and he does not know whether anyone will come or not. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [29 -308] دخل المسجد والجماعة الأولى في التشهد الأخير فهل يصلي معهم أم ينتظر ليصلي مع جماعة ثانية؟ — youtube.com
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