The ruling on a traveler praying behind the imam of a resident
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The questioner : ...and the one who comes from his people to attend it cannot intend it as a voluntary prayer and leave the obligatory one to pray with his companions. This is very far-fetched. Then, it has come in some narrations that it is a voluntary prayer for him and an obligatory prayer for him. Praise be to the Lord of the ten. If you praise and do not return and you do not see until
The Shaykh : What is upon us is to complete it. If he prays, and Allah, this is a question that has come and it is legitimate.
The questioner : All of it is a favor for you over him.
The Shaykh : It comes after a dependent matter.
The questioner : I say this is a question, and I hope you will allow it because it is oral, and the rule is that it is not accepted. He says: If the imam is a traveler and prays behind an imam who is a resident, and he catches up with him for the last two rak'ahs, is it permissible for him to say the taslim with him because he has prayed two rak'ahs, or is it obligatory for him to complete it as a resident?
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for him to complete four, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saidSahih al-Bukhari 635 and now the ma'mum's prayer is dependent on the prayer
The Shaykh : What is upon us is to complete it. If he prays, and Allah, this is a question that has come and it is legitimate.
The questioner : All of it is a favor for you over him.
The Shaykh : It comes after a dependent matter.
The questioner : I say this is a question, and I hope you will allow it because it is oral, and the rule is that it is not accepted. He says: If the imam is a traveler and prays behind an imam who is a resident, and he catches up with him for the last two rak'ahs, is it permissible for him to say the taslim with him because he has prayed two rak'ahs, or is it obligatory for him to complete it as a resident?
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for him to complete four, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said
and pray whatever you get (with the people) and complete the rest which you have missed
ما أدركتم فصلوا وما فاتكم فأتموا
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 12 - 17 - دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام للعام 1403 هـ - الدرس الثاني عشر - الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين — youtube.com (16:35)
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