Permissibility of praying in a row behind someone who is making up a missed prayer
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The questioner:
If a person enters the mosque and the imam is in the final tashahhud, and he sits with him, then when the imam says the taslim he stands up to make up what he missed, and another person comes and prays in a row behind him, is this permissible?
The Shaykh:
I do not know of anything that prevents this, and I recall that a fatwa was issued on this matter by Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) permitting it. The only thing that would affect this is if it were said that this person is a ma'mum, and a ma'mum does not become an imam unless the imam appoints him as his substitute. Yes.
The questioner:
And the prayer is valid, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
The prayer is valid, if Allah wills.
If a person enters the mosque and the imam is in the final tashahhud, and he sits with him, then when the imam says the taslim he stands up to make up what he missed, and another person comes and prays in a row behind him, is this permissible?
The Shaykh:
I do not know of anything that prevents this, and I recall that a fatwa was issued on this matter by Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) permitting it. The only thing that would affect this is if it were said that this person is a ma'mum, and a ma'mum does not become an imam unless the imam appoints him as his substitute. Yes.
The questioner:
And the prayer is valid, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
The prayer is valid, if Allah wills.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/020 — archive.org (11:34)
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