Cutting the obligatory prayer to catch up with the congregation
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The questioner:
If a person enters an obligatory prayer and is praying alone, and then a congregation forms, he may cut it off by changing his intention to a voluntary prayer, then say the closing salam after two rak'ahs, and then join the Friday prayer.
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes, and he does not cut off the voluntary prayer either. It is the voluntary prayer, not the obligatory one. He entered an obligatory prayer recently. Next to achieving the individual state, achieving the congregation, meaning.
If a person enters an obligatory prayer and is praying alone, and then a congregation forms, he may cut it off by changing his intention to a voluntary prayer, then say the closing salam after two rak'ahs, and then join the Friday prayer.
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes, and he does not cut off the voluntary prayer either. It is the voluntary prayer, not the obligatory one. He entered an obligatory prayer recently. Next to achieving the individual state, achieving the congregation, meaning.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، باب الذكر والدعاء — islamhouse.com (20:20)
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