The ruling on the interruption of the congregational prayer
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The questioner:
What Allah willed. A man entered the mosque. The midday prayer and the congregation were sitting in the tashahhud of the last rak'ah, so he entered with them. When he stood up to make up what he had missed, he heard that there was another congregation, so he prayed two rak'ahs and said the taslim with the intention that it was
The Shaykh:
a voluntary prayer, then he joined the congregation. All right, complete it. This is complete. There is no harm, meaning in
The questioner:
interrupting it.
The Shaykh:
Even if he interrupts it, there is no harm, because interrupting for the sake of benefit is permissible.
What Allah willed. A man entered the mosque. The midday prayer and the congregation were sitting in the tashahhud of the last rak'ah, so he entered with them. When he stood up to make up what he had missed, he heard that there was another congregation, so he prayed two rak'ahs and said the taslim with the intention that it was
The Shaykh:
a voluntary prayer, then he joined the congregation. All right, complete it. This is complete. There is no harm, meaning in
The questioner:
interrupting it.
The Shaykh:
Even if he interrupts it, there is no harm, because interrupting for the sake of benefit is permissible.
Source
التعليق على رياض الصالحين، تابع باب حسن الخُلُق : الأحاديث : [ 627 - 630 ] — islamhouse.com (4:20)
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