Entering the prayer with the imam in the final tashahhud or waiting for another congregation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If I enter the mosque and the imam is in the final tashahhud, what is better for me: to enter with him or wait for another congregation?
Answer:
If you know that another congregation is coming, wait for it. Otherwise, enter with the current one to obtain the virtue of following the imam, even if you do not catch up with the congregation; the virtue of following the imam remains.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If I enter the mosque and the imam is in the final tashahhud, what is better for me: to enter with him or wait for another congregation?
Answer:
If you know that another congregation is coming, wait for it. Otherwise, enter with the current one to obtain the virtue of following the imam, even if you do not catch up with the congregation; the virtue of following the imam remains.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في الفرق بين زيارة الموحدين للقبور وزيارة المشركين — islamhouse.com (1:19:15)
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