The Ma'mum Entering While the Imam Is Prostrating: The Opening Invocation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person joins the prayer while the imam is in prostration, does he say the takbir and recite the opening supplication, and then prostrate?
Answer:
No, he says the takbir and prostrates, catching up with the imam. He says the takbir and prostrates, catching up with the imam, just as if he arrived while the imam was bowing; he says the takbir and bows with the imam to catch the bowing. He does not stand to recite al-Fatihah and the opening supplication. No, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person joins the prayer while the imam is in prostration, does he say the takbir and recite the opening supplication, and then prostrate?
Answer:
No, he says the takbir and prostrates, catching up with the imam. He says the takbir and prostrates, catching up with the imam, just as if he arrived while the imam was bowing; he says the takbir and bows with the imam to catch the bowing. He does not stand to recite al-Fatihah and the opening supplication. No, yes.
Source
كتاب الصلاة من شرح العمدة 09-06-1433هـ — af.org.sa (46:57)
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