The ruling on the imam bowing before the ma'mum finishes al-Fatihah
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Question:
The questioner says: If the imam bows in the quiet prayer before I finish al-Fatihah, what is the ruling on that? Yes.
Answer:
If you are able to finish it, it is better to do so before he bows. If you are not able to finish it and he bows, but you can still finish it without missing the bowing, it is better to complete it. If you fear that you will miss the bowing, the imam bears it for you, as the scholars have mentioned. Yes.
Question:
The questioner asks about how to recite.
Answer:
As for the evidence, if you come to the prayer and the imam has already said the takbir in the bowing, having said "Allahu Akbar," you come and say "Allahu Akbar." The takbir of the ihram and the takbir of the bowing are dropped for you, and al-Fatihah is dropped for you. Yes.
The questioner says: If the imam bows in the quiet prayer before I finish al-Fatihah, what is the ruling on that? Yes.
Answer:
If you are able to finish it, it is better to do so before he bows. If you are not able to finish it and he bows, but you can still finish it without missing the bowing, it is better to complete it. If you fear that you will miss the bowing, the imam bears it for you, as the scholars have mentioned. Yes.
Question:
The questioner asks about how to recite.
Answer:
As for the evidence, if you come to the prayer and the imam has already said the takbir in the bowing, having said "Allahu Akbar," you come and say "Allahu Akbar." The takbir of the ihram and the takbir of the bowing are dropped for you, and al-Fatihah is dropped for you. Yes.
Source
شرح الدروس المهمة لعامة الأمة لابن باز [ مجموعة من المشايخ ]، فتاوى الشيخ عبد الرحمن آل فريان — islamhouse.com (4:17)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.