Entering the prayer with the imam in the final tashahhud or waiting for another congregation
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Question:
The questioner says: If I enter the mosque and the imam is in the final tashahhud, what is better: joining the prayer with him, or waiting until he says the taslim and then praying with another congregation?
Answer:
If you know, or it is most likely in your opinion, that people will be present with whom you can pray, then wait for them. But if you do not know that there is anyone, then you enter with the imam in whatever remains, so that you attain the virtue of following the imam. Yes. And do not stand there until he says the taslim while you do not know if anyone is coming. Yes.
The questioner says: If I enter the mosque and the imam is in the final tashahhud, what is better: joining the prayer with him, or waiting until he says the taslim and then praying with another congregation?
Answer:
If you know, or it is most likely in your opinion, that people will be present with whom you can pray, then wait for them. But if you do not know that there is anyone, then you enter with the imam in whatever remains, so that you attain the virtue of following the imam. Yes. And do not stand there until he says the taslim while you do not know if anyone is coming. Yes.
Source
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