The ruling on a latecomer leading the prayer after the imam has concluded it
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The questioner:
The second question, may Allah reward you with good. The second question: Please clarify for me, based on your fatwa from several episodes ago, that a masbuq (one who joins the prayer late) does not become an imam for those who come after him. I just want to confirm this fatwa.
The Shaykh:
This is what appears to me, my brother, because a ma'mum (one praying behind the imam) only becomes an imam if the imam appoints him as his deputy. If the imam has not appointed him, he does not become a ma'mum. This is what appears to me. Yes.
The questioner:
No, Shaykh, I meant the masbuq.
The Shaykh:
The masbuq who stands up to complete what is due from him; that is the one regarding whom there is discussion. Yes.
The presenter:
Thank you, thank you.
The second question, may Allah reward you with good. The second question: Please clarify for me, based on your fatwa from several episodes ago, that a masbuq (one who joins the prayer late) does not become an imam for those who come after him. I just want to confirm this fatwa.
The Shaykh:
This is what appears to me, my brother, because a ma'mum (one praying behind the imam) only becomes an imam if the imam appoints him as his deputy. If the imam has not appointed him, he does not become a ma'mum. This is what appears to me. Yes.
The questioner:
No, Shaykh, I meant the masbuq.
The Shaykh:
The masbuq who stands up to complete what is due from him; that is the one regarding whom there is discussion. Yes.
The presenter:
Thank you, thank you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1517 - حكم إمامة المسبوق بعد سلام الإمام - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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