The voluntary prayer of the one praying with the one performing the obligatory prayer
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The questioner:
He says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, what is the stronger position regarding the prayer of the one praying voluntarily with the one performing the obligatory prayer?
The Shaykh:
Yes, what is it?
The questioner:
What is the stronger position regarding the prayer of the one praying voluntarily with the one performing the obligatory prayer?
The Shaykh:
Praying voluntarily in it.
The questioner:
With the one performing the obligatory prayer, one person praying voluntarily prays with one person performing the obligatory prayer.
The Shaykh:
There is no blame on him. Mu'adh used to pray with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) the 'Isha' prayer, and then he would pray the obligatory prayer for his companions. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray with some groups in the prayer of fear, and then he would pray two rak'ahs with another group. So his first prayer was obligatory, and his prayer with the second group was voluntary for him (peace and blessings be upon him). If the need arises for this, and he becomes an imam and prays with them in order to gain understanding of the religion, or for the sake of lessons, or for the sake of benefit, and then he goes to his people and prays with them and becomes their imam, there is no blame in that. The point is that there is no blame in the imam being the one praying voluntarily and the followers being the ones performing the obligatory prayer. This is the correct view; there is no blame in that if the need arises for it.
He says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, what is the stronger position regarding the prayer of the one praying voluntarily with the one performing the obligatory prayer?
The Shaykh:
Yes, what is it?
The questioner:
What is the stronger position regarding the prayer of the one praying voluntarily with the one performing the obligatory prayer?
The Shaykh:
Praying voluntarily in it.
The questioner:
With the one performing the obligatory prayer, one person praying voluntarily prays with one person performing the obligatory prayer.
The Shaykh:
There is no blame on him. Mu'adh used to pray with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) the 'Isha' prayer, and then he would pray the obligatory prayer for his companions. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray with some groups in the prayer of fear, and then he would pray two rak'ahs with another group. So his first prayer was obligatory, and his prayer with the second group was voluntary for him (peace and blessings be upon him). If the need arises for this, and he becomes an imam and prays with them in order to gain understanding of the religion, or for the sake of lessons, or for the sake of benefit, and then he goes to his people and prays with them and becomes their imam, there is no blame in that. The point is that there is no blame in the imam being the one praying voluntarily and the followers being the ones performing the obligatory prayer. This is the correct view; there is no blame in that if the need arises for it.
Source
فضل العلم وآدابه — islamhouse.com (34:29)
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