The Meaning of the Statement: "So Complete and Shorten" in the Hadith
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The Shaykh:
May Allah reward you with good. We ask once again that He reward our brother scholars well for their work and their guidance, and that He benefit us all with what He has taught us. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions.
The questioner:
Welcome, Shaykh. Regarding this hadith, "So complete and shorten"?
The Shaykh:
This came, and this came: "So complete," and it came: "So shorten." The more common is "So complete." The meaning of "shorten" and the meaning of "complete": Peace be upon you. The one who missed part of the prayer that he did not catch up with the imam, that is the beginning of his prayer, and the one who makes it up is the one who completes it.
May Allah reward you with good. We ask once again that He reward our brother scholars well for their work and their guidance, and that He benefit us all with what He has taught us. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions.
The questioner:
Welcome, Shaykh. Regarding this hadith, "So complete and shorten"?
The Shaykh:
This came, and this came: "So complete," and it came: "So shorten." The more common is "So complete." The meaning of "shorten" and the meaning of "complete": Peace be upon you. The one who missed part of the prayer that he did not catch up with the imam, that is the beginning of his prayer, and the one who makes it up is the one who completes it.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 21 — archive.org (5:20)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.