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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on one who enters the Friday prayer while the imam is in the tashahhud

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Question:
He also says to me: There are points regarding the Friday prayer, Shaykh. If I enter the Friday prayer and the imam is in the tashahhud, do I pray it as Jumu'ah or as Zuhr?

Answer:
One does not catch the Friday prayer unless he catches a rak'ah, as stated in the hadith
Whoever catches up with with a Rak'ah of Jumu'ahمن أدرك ركعة من الجمعة
Sunan an-Nasa'i 557
So he should pray another one with him, or add another one to it, and his Friday prayer is complete. Thus, one does not catch the Friday prayer unless he catches a complete rak'ah. As for if he arrives after the imam has raised his head from the ruku' in the second rak'ah, he has missed the Friday prayer. However, he joins him with the intention of the Zuhr prayer. When the imam says the taslim, he stands up and prays the Zuhr prayer of four rak'ahs.

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May Allah reward you
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/173 — archive.org (13:58)

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