The ruling on entering the mosque while the imam is in the final tashahhud
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if a man enters the mosque and the imam is in the tashahhud, may the latecomer pray until the imam finishes so that he can pray in congregation with the others who are prostrating?
Answer:
If he knows that there are people behind him who will wait for him and establish the congregation with him, that is one thing. But if no one behind him is saying the takbir, he joins the imam.
Honorable Shaykh, if a man enters the mosque and the imam is in the tashahhud, may the latecomer pray until the imam finishes so that he can pray in congregation with the others who are prostrating?
Answer:
If he knows that there are people behind him who will wait for him and establish the congregation with him, that is one thing. But if no one behind him is saying the takbir, he joins the imam.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب صلاة المسافر والمريض — islamhouse.com (55:39)
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