The prayer after the imam’s first congregation in the mosque
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: We see a group praying the Fajr prayer in the mosque after the imam has finished his prayer, and they do not start with the regular voluntary prayer (sunnah rawatib); rather, they start with the obligatory prayer before the voluntary one. Is their action prescribed? How? He says: We see a group praying the Fajr prayer in the mosque after the imam has finished his first prayer.
Answer:
If they are doing this intentionally, it is not permissible for them, and they must be prevented from doing so. However, if they missed the prayer and did not intend this, but rather missed it because they were busy or slept through it, there is no harm in them praying a second congregation.
The presenter:
And it is not the thing.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: We see a group praying the Fajr prayer in the mosque after the imam has finished his prayer, and they do not start with the regular voluntary prayer (sunnah rawatib); rather, they start with the obligatory prayer before the voluntary one. Is their action prescribed? How? He says: We see a group praying the Fajr prayer in the mosque after the imam has finished his first prayer.
Answer:
If they are doing this intentionally, it is not permissible for them, and they must be prevented from doing so. However, if they missed the prayer and did not intend this, but rather missed it because they were busy or slept through it, there is no harm in them praying a second congregation.
The presenter:
And it is not the thing.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في بيان كيد الشيطان لنفسه قبل كيده للأبوين — islamhouse.com (50:29)
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