Following a person praying alone who is not known to be praying an obligatory or voluntary prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We entered the mosque as a group and found a man praying alone, and we did not know whether he was praying an obligatory prayer or a voluntary one. Should we follow him, or what should we do?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with you following him, whether he is praying an obligatory prayer or a voluntary one. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We entered the mosque as a group and found a man praying alone, and we did not know whether he was praying an obligatory prayer or a voluntary one. Should we follow him, or what should we do?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with you following him, whether he is praying an obligatory prayer or a voluntary one. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في إمامة الصبي — islamhouse.com (1:10:52)
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