The Ruling on a Traveler Praying with a Resident
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The questioner:
The questioner: May I give you good news? I say, Shaykh, I was traveling and I entered the prayer with a resident imam. I only caught up with him at the final tashahhud. Is shortening the prayer permissible?
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: By Allah, the most cautious course is to complete the prayer, and the best is to complete it, because you caught up with the prayer after it had begun.
The questioner:
The questioner: But what if I did shorten it, Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: There is no harm in that.
The questioner:
The questioner: There is nothing wrong with it, because I caught up with less than a rak'ah. But if I had caught up with a full rak'ah, I would have completed it.
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: He is certain.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. He used to meet these three [listeners] who listen to Shaykh 'Ali ibn Baz (may Allah preserve him) on the evening of Wednesday, the fourth of the month of Jumada al-Ula, in the year 1419, and the Shaykh is near Ta'if for about four days.
The questioner: May I give you good news? I say, Shaykh, I was traveling and I entered the prayer with a resident imam. I only caught up with him at the final tashahhud. Is shortening the prayer permissible?
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: By Allah, the most cautious course is to complete the prayer, and the best is to complete it, because you caught up with the prayer after it had begun.
The questioner:
The questioner: But what if I did shorten it, Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: There is no harm in that.
The questioner:
The questioner: There is nothing wrong with it, because I caught up with less than a rak'ah. But if I had caught up with a full rak'ah, I would have completed it.
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: He is certain.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. He used to meet these three [listeners] who listen to Shaykh 'Ali ibn Baz (may Allah preserve him) on the evening of Wednesday, the fourth of the month of Jumada al-Ula, in the year 1419, and the Shaykh is near Ta'if for about four days.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، [333 /400] مسافر دخل مع إمام مقيم في التشهد الأخير هل له قصر الصلاة؟ أو يلزمه الإتمام؟ II ابن باز — youtube.com (0:20)
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