What is the ruling on entering the prayer with a single takbir for both the opening and the bowing for one who catches the imam while he is bowing?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the prayer of one who finds the imam bowing and says the takbir with him, one takbir for both the opening and the bowing?
Answer:
He intends it for the opening; it suffices in place of the takbir for the bowing. If he adds the takbir for the bowing, that is better. If he limits himself to the takbir for the opening, that suffices, because the takbir for the bowing in this case is a sunnah (recommended practice), not one of the obligatory acts.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the prayer of one who finds the imam bowing and says the takbir with him, one takbir for both the opening and the bowing?
Answer:
He intends it for the opening; it suffices in place of the takbir for the bowing. If he adds the takbir for the bowing, that is better. If he limits himself to the takbir for the opening, that suffices, because the takbir for the bowing in this case is a sunnah (recommended practice), not one of the obligatory acts.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الدخول في الصلاة بتكبيرة واحدة للإحرام والركوع لمن أدرك الإمام راكعًا؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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