The ruling on one who prays the midday prayer behind an imam who is praying the afternoon prayer
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, and may Allah bless you as well. This person asks, saying: A person missed the midday prayer and entered the mosque, and he found them, or the time for the afternoon prayer had arrived and the second call to prayer was made. Does he join them with the intention of the afternoon prayer, or with the intention of the midday prayer?
The Shaykh:
He joins them with the intention of the midday prayer. There is no harm in praying a prayer behind another prayer. So he joins them with the intention of the midday prayer. When he finishes the midday prayer, he stands up and prays the afternoon prayer after it. Yes.
The questioner:
And if he prays the current prayer, the afternoon prayer, and then prays the afternoon prayer.
The Shaykh:
The majority of the scholars hold that his prayer is invalid because the order between the prayers is obligatory. Yes. This obligation is dropped only in two cases: if he forgets the order and prays. The second case is if he fears the time will end. If he fears the time of the current prayer will end, he prays the current prayer. Yes.
May Allah reward you, and may Allah bless you as well. This person asks, saying: A person missed the midday prayer and entered the mosque, and he found them, or the time for the afternoon prayer had arrived and the second call to prayer was made. Does he join them with the intention of the afternoon prayer, or with the intention of the midday prayer?
The Shaykh:
He joins them with the intention of the midday prayer. There is no harm in praying a prayer behind another prayer. So he joins them with the intention of the midday prayer. When he finishes the midday prayer, he stands up and prays the afternoon prayer after it. Yes.
The questioner:
And if he prays the current prayer, the afternoon prayer, and then prays the afternoon prayer.
The Shaykh:
The majority of the scholars hold that his prayer is invalid because the order between the prayers is obligatory. Yes. This obligation is dropped only in two cases: if he forgets the order and prays. The second case is if he fears the time will end. If he fears the time of the current prayer will end, he prays the current prayer. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم من صلى الظهر خلف إمام يصلي العصر - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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