Holding a second congregation without knowing of a congregation before them
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: We entered the mosque after they had finished the prayer, so we established another congregation. Despite the heavy crowd, we did not realize that a second congregation had been established before us. He says: Do we break off the prayer, given that we were informed of this while we were praying? What do we do?
Answer:
No, complete it, and you are excused in establishing the congregation. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: We entered the mosque after they had finished the prayer, so we established another congregation. Despite the heavy crowd, we did not realize that a second congregation had been established before us. He says: Do we break off the prayer, given that we were informed of this while we were praying? What do we do?
Answer:
No, complete it, and you are excused in establishing the congregation. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب نهي المسافر أن يطرق أهله بقدومه ليلا — islamhouse.com (1:05:40)
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