It is better for the one who enters while the imam is in the final tashahhud
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Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. We conclude this session with this question. This questioner says: A worshipper, O Shaykh, entered while the imam was in the final tashahhud. Does he join the congregation or wait for another group?
Answer:
If he knows or expects that people will come after him, he waits so they can pray in congregation, because the congregation has been missed according to the correct view. However, if he does not expect anyone to come, he joins the imam for what remains, and he does not miss the reward for following the imam in what remains. Yes.
May Allah reward you and bless you. We conclude this session with this question. This questioner says: A worshipper, O Shaykh, entered while the imam was in the final tashahhud. Does he join the congregation or wait for another group?
Answer:
If he knows or expects that people will come after him, he waits so they can pray in congregation, because the congregation has been missed according to the correct view. However, if he does not expect anyone to come, he joins the imam for what remains, and he does not miss the reward for following the imam in what remains. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7530- الأفضل لمن دخل والإمام في التشهد الأخير - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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