The one praying alone transitions from his intention of praying alone to leading the prayer
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Fatwa number ( 1389 )
Q: If a person enters the mosque and finds that the prayer has ended, so he prays alone, and then another person who has not prayed comes, is it permissible for him to lead him, where he transitions from the intention of praying alone to the intention of leading the prayer?
A: It is permissible for the one praying alone to transition from his intention of praying alone to leading the prayer if someone enters with him to pray behind him as a follower, as the scholars have explicitly stated this. It is said in al-Muqni': "If he enters the state of ihram alone and then intends to follow, it is not valid according to the more correct of the two narrations. If he intends to lead, it is valid in voluntary prayer but not valid in obligatory prayer, though it is possible that it is valid, and that is more correct in my view." End of quote. And it is said in the marginalia regarding his statement: "And it is possible that it is valid": "And Ahmad has narrated what indicates this, and it is the school of al-Shafi'i ." The author said: "And that is the correct one, if Allah wills; because it has been established in voluntary prayer, and the original rule is that obligatory prayer is equal to voluntary prayer, and because of the hadith of Jabir and Jubayr, and because the need calls for it. Its explanation is: If the one praying alone is joined by people who enter the state of ihram with him, if he cuts off the prayer and informs them of his situation, it is ugly because it involves invalidating the work. And if he completes the prayer and then informs them of the invalidity of their prayer,
it is uglier and more difficult. End of quote. And this is the choice of the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), and it is the correct one due to the aforementioned evidence, and for attaining the virtue of congregation. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: If a person enters the mosque and finds that the prayer has ended, so he prays alone, and then another person who has not prayed comes, is it permissible for him to lead him, where he transitions from the intention of praying alone to the intention of leading the prayer?
A: It is permissible for the one praying alone to transition from his intention of praying alone to leading the prayer if someone enters with him to pray behind him as a follower, as the scholars have explicitly stated this. It is said in al-Muqni': "If he enters the state of ihram alone and then intends to follow, it is not valid according to the more correct of the two narrations. If he intends to lead, it is valid in voluntary prayer but not valid in obligatory prayer, though it is possible that it is valid, and that is more correct in my view." End of quote. And it is said in the marginalia regarding his statement: "And it is possible that it is valid": "And Ahmad has narrated what indicates this, and it is the school of al-Shafi'i ." The author said: "And that is the correct one, if Allah wills; because it has been established in voluntary prayer, and the original rule is that obligatory prayer is equal to voluntary prayer, and because of the hadith of Jabir and Jubayr, and because the need calls for it. Its explanation is: If the one praying alone is joined by people who enter the state of ihram with him, if he cuts off the prayer and informs them of his situation, it is ugly because it involves invalidating the work. And if he completes the prayer and then informs them of the invalidity of their prayer,
it is uglier and more difficult. End of quote. And this is the choice of the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), and it is the correct one due to the aforementioned evidence, and for attaining the virtue of congregation. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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