Converting an obligatory prayer into a voluntary one
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Question:
The questioner says: I came to the prayer and caught up with the imam during the recitation of the tashahhud. Then I completed the prayer and left the mosque. I found another mosque where people were praying. Should I pray with them and consider the first prayer as a voluntary prayer, or is that not permissible?
Answer:
No. If you prayed with an imam and joined him, even if it was at the end of the prayer, and then you completed the prayer, then that is the obligatory prayer. Do not turn it into a voluntary prayer after you have finished it. Do not turn it into a voluntary prayer; it has become an obligatory prayer. So if you pray with the others, the second one becomes the voluntary prayer. The second one is the voluntary one, while the first one is the obligatory one. Yes.
The questioner says: I came to the prayer and caught up with the imam during the recitation of the tashahhud. Then I completed the prayer and left the mosque. I found another mosque where people were praying. Should I pray with them and consider the first prayer as a voluntary prayer, or is that not permissible?
Answer:
No. If you prayed with an imam and joined him, even if it was at the end of the prayer, and then you completed the prayer, then that is the obligatory prayer. Do not turn it into a voluntary prayer after you have finished it. Do not turn it into a voluntary prayer; it has become an obligatory prayer. So if you pray with the others, the second one becomes the voluntary prayer. The second one is the voluntary one, while the first one is the obligatory one. Yes.
Source
مجالس رمضان 1430هـ - 01 — alfawzan.live (16:02)
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