The ruling on catching up with a rak'ah by bowing alone and then prostrating with the imam
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Question:
This is a questioner for the program who says: I heard one of the brothers issue a fatwa, O Shaykh, stating that if you enter the prayer and the imam is prostrating, you bow and complete the bowing, then you catch up with the imam while he is prostrating and prostrate with him, thereby catching up with the rak'ah.
Answer:
This is a clear error. If you arrive and the imam is prostrating, you do not bow; you prostrate with him immediately. You say the takbir of ihram while standing, then you rush into prostration with the imam to obtain the reward of following him. You do not catch up with the rak'ah except by catching up with the bowing of the imam. Yes.
This is a questioner for the program who says: I heard one of the brothers issue a fatwa, O Shaykh, stating that if you enter the prayer and the imam is prostrating, you bow and complete the bowing, then you catch up with the imam while he is prostrating and prostrate with him, thereby catching up with the rak'ah.
Answer:
This is a clear error. If you arrive and the imam is prostrating, you do not bow; you prostrate with him immediately. You say the takbir of ihram while standing, then you rush into prostration with the imam to obtain the reward of following him. You do not catch up with the rak'ah except by catching up with the bowing of the imam. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/170 — archive.org (5:03)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.