The ruling on one who intends to shorten the prayer behind an imam who completes it
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I was traveling and intended to pray the 'Isha' prayer shortened, but the imam completed the prayer and did not shorten it. So I stood for the tashahhud and then said the taslim after the second rak'ah. What is the ruling?
Answer:
It is not permissible. The ruling is that the prayer is valid. If the imam completes the prayer, he is the imam, meaning the seventh for the imam, so it is not permissible to shorten the prayer behind an imam who is leading. Your ruling is the ruling of the imam, so you must repeat the prayer that you broke off behind an imam who completed the prayer.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I was traveling and intended to pray the 'Isha' prayer shortened, but the imam completed the prayer and did not shorten it. So I stood for the tashahhud and then said the taslim after the second rak'ah. What is the ruling?
Answer:
It is not permissible. The ruling is that the prayer is valid. If the imam completes the prayer, he is the imam, meaning the seventh for the imam, so it is not permissible to shorten the prayer behind an imam who is leading. Your ruling is the ruling of the imam, so you must repeat the prayer that you broke off behind an imam who completed the prayer.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [17] — alfawzan.live (1:23:16)
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