The traveler separating from the resident imam in the 'Isha' prayer when he intends Maghrib
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If a traveler joins the resident imam in the 'Isha' prayer, and this traveler intends to pray Maghrib, does he separate from the imam after the third rak'ah, perform the tashahhud, and say the taslim? Or does he wait for the imam to say the taslim and then say it with him?
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
If a traveler joins the resident imam in the 'Isha' prayer, and this traveler intends to pray Maghrib, does he separate from the imam after the third rak'ah and perform the tashahhud?
The Shaykh:
If the imam stands for the fourth rak'ah, then he sits. He performs the tashahhud. If he wishes, he waits for the imam and says the taslim with him; if he wishes, he says the taslim for himself. Yes.
The questioner:
Then, may Allah protect you and grant you success, he says: And if this ma'mum says the taslim after the third rak'ah, is it valid for him to join the imam directly in his fourth rak'ah?
The Shaykh:
No, no, one does not divide a single prayer between two prayers. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If a traveler joins the resident imam in the 'Isha' prayer, and this traveler intends to pray Maghrib, does he separate from the imam after the third rak'ah, perform the tashahhud, and say the taslim? Or does he wait for the imam to say the taslim and then say it with him?
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
If a traveler joins the resident imam in the 'Isha' prayer, and this traveler intends to pray Maghrib, does he separate from the imam after the third rak'ah and perform the tashahhud?
The Shaykh:
If the imam stands for the fourth rak'ah, then he sits. He performs the tashahhud. If he wishes, he waits for the imam and says the taslim with him; if he wishes, he says the taslim for himself. Yes.
The questioner:
Then, may Allah protect you and grant you success, he says: And if this ma'mum says the taslim after the third rak'ah, is it valid for him to join the imam directly in his fourth rak'ah?
The Shaykh:
No, no, one does not divide a single prayer between two prayers. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل وأما المقام الثاني الذي وقع فيه الغلط — islamhouse.com (49:51)
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