The ruling on entering the prayer with the intention of Maghrib behind an imam who is praying 'Isha'
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man says: I entered the mosque before I had prayed the sunset prayer, and I found the imam praying the night prayer. So I joined him with the intention of praying the sunset prayer. When the imam stood for the fourth unit, I sat down, recited the tashahhud, and said the taslim. Then I joined the imam in the fourth unit, considering it to be the night prayer.
Answer:
No, one does not divide a prayer between two prayers, nor does one divide a single prayer between two, part of it being the sunset prayer and part of it the night prayer. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man says: I entered the mosque before I had prayed the sunset prayer, and I found the imam praying the night prayer. So I joined him with the intention of praying the sunset prayer. When the imam stood for the fourth unit, I sat down, recited the tashahhud, and said the taslim. Then I joined the imam in the fourth unit, considering it to be the night prayer.
Answer:
No, one does not divide a prayer between two prayers, nor does one divide a single prayer between two, part of it being the sunset prayer and part of it the night prayer. Yes.
Source
شرح الدر النضيد في إخلاص كلمة التوحيد، بداية من بيان الحكمة من إرسال الرسل — islamhouse.com (1:14:38)
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