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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Meaning of the Hadith: Whoever Catches One Rak'ah of the Prayer

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Question:
And we explained in the matter what the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) mean by saying this is from the category of indicating the minimum, meaning the maximum, or from the category of indicating the maximum, meaning the minimum, as in the hadith
Whoever catches a raka of the prayer has caught the prayer.من أدرك أبعد من الصلاة فقد أدرك الصلاة
Muwatta Malik 1:15
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Whoever catches a raka of the prayerمن أدرك ركعة من الصلاة
Muwatta Malik 1:15
means he caught the congregation, he caught the virtue of the congregation, this is like the congregation. And if it is within the time, then he has caught the time. So if he catches one rak'ah before the sun sets, he has caught the 'Asr prayer, and if he catches one rak'ah before the sun rises, he has caught the Fajr prayer in its time. This is the intent. So the rak'ah is by which the time is caught and the congregation is caught, and less than a rak'ah does not catch the time nor the congregation. Yes.
Source شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب صلاة الجمعة — islamhouse.com (1:13:55)

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