Catching the Congregation in the Final Tashahhud
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If one catches up with the congregational prayer with the imam while he is in the final tashahhud, does he complete the prayer and sit with them for the final tashahhud, or does he wait for another congregation?
Answer:
If he knows, or it is most likely in his opinion, that another congregation is coming, he waits for it. But if he does not know and it is not most likely in his opinion, he joins the imam in whatever remains, even if it is only the final tashahhud, so that he may obtain the reward of following the imam and the reward from Allah. As for catching up with the congregation in the correct sense, it is not considered caught up unless it is with a complete rak'ah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If one catches up with the congregational prayer with the imam while he is in the final tashahhud, does he complete the prayer and sit with them for the final tashahhud, or does he wait for another congregation?
Answer:
If he knows, or it is most likely in his opinion, that another congregation is coming, he waits for it. But if he does not know and it is not most likely in his opinion, he joins the imam in whatever remains, even if it is only the final tashahhud, so that he may obtain the reward of following the imam and the reward from Allah. As for catching up with the congregation in the correct sense, it is not considered caught up unless it is with a complete rak'ah. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 17-05-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (51:13)
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