The ruling on the prayer of one who shortens behind an imam who completes
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: I was traveling from Riyadh to al-Majma' and I entered with the imam in the Zuhr prayer with the intention of combining and shortening. I prayed only two rak'ahs with the imam because I had missed two rak'ahs. Then, after the imam finished the Zuhr prayer with the taslim, I finished with him, stood up, and prayed two rak'ahs, and I was the imam of another congregation. Is my Zuhr and 'Asr prayer, shortened, valid?
Answer:
No, your Zuhr prayer is not valid, because whoever prays behind an imam who completes the prayer must complete it following his imam. This is the established ruling: whoever prays with an imam who completes the prayer, they complete it. For this reason, when the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) prayed behind 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) in Mina, he used to complete the prayer in Mina, and they completed it with him, even though they considered shortening permissible. But when their imam completed it, they completed it with him. So it is obligatory for one who follows an imam who completes the prayer to complete the prayer. Therefore, he must repeat this prayer, because he made a mistake in that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: I was traveling from Riyadh to al-Majma' and I entered with the imam in the Zuhr prayer with the intention of combining and shortening. I prayed only two rak'ahs with the imam because I had missed two rak'ahs. Then, after the imam finished the Zuhr prayer with the taslim, I finished with him, stood up, and prayed two rak'ahs, and I was the imam of another congregation. Is my Zuhr and 'Asr prayer, shortened, valid?
Answer:
No, your Zuhr prayer is not valid, because whoever prays behind an imam who completes the prayer must complete it following his imam. This is the established ruling: whoever prays with an imam who completes the prayer, they complete it. For this reason, when the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) prayed behind 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) in Mina, he used to complete the prayer in Mina, and they completed it with him, even though they considered shortening permissible. But when their imam completed it, they completed it with him. So it is obligatory for one who follows an imam who completes the prayer to complete the prayer. Therefore, he must repeat this prayer, because he made a mistake in that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/255 — archive.org (6:44)
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