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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The traveler completing the prayer behind the resident after the imam’s taslim

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: A man who is traveling prayed the midday prayer with a group of residents, then he concluded the prayer after two units. Is it permissible for one of them to step forward and lead the congregation in the last two units, or do they pray individually? Each person makes up the remaining two units on his own.

Answer:
If each person makes up the prayer for himself, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he prayed and the people of Makkah were behind him during the Farewell Pilgrimage, prayed with them in the Haram, and said:
O people of Makkah, we are a traveling people, so complete the prayer for yourselves.يا أهل مكة إنا قوم سفر فأتموا لأنفسكم
When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said the taslim, they stood up and completed the prayer for themselves, and they did not appoint an imam from among them; rather, each person completed the prayer for himself. It is not mentioned that they appointed an imam; rather, each person completed the prayer for himself, becoming like the muhsukhin.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source 75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 26 — archive.org (56:39)

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