A group entered the mosque while the imam was in the final tashahhud; is it obligatory for them to enter with the imam?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If there is a group in the final tashahhud, and then people arrive who have not said the takbir, is it permissible for them to wait and not enter with the imam, and then pray another congregation?
Answer:
Yes, it is permissible for them, and in fact it is obligatory for them to pray another congregation and not pray individually. They have a choice: they may enter with the imam for what remains, and when he says the taslim, they stand up and one of them leads them, and there is no harm in that. Or they may wait until he says the taslim and then pray as a congregation.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If there is a group in the final tashahhud, and then people arrive who have not said the takbir, is it permissible for them to wait and not enter with the imam, and then pray another congregation?
Answer:
Yes, it is permissible for them, and in fact it is obligatory for them to pray another congregation and not pray individually. They have a choice: they may enter with the imam for what remains, and when he says the taslim, they stand up and one of them leads them, and there is no harm in that. Or they may wait until he says the taslim and then pray as a congregation.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [571 -582] جماعة دخلوا المسجد والإمام في التشهد الأخير، هل يجب عليهم أن يدخلوا مع الإمام؟ — youtube.com
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