How to Pray Maghrib Behind Someone Praying 'Isha'
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The questioner:
Abdullah from al-Qassim, please, Abdullah. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. I have a question, may Allah preserve you. My father asks the Shaykh. Please. If a person does not perform the Maghrib prayer and enters the mosque intending to pray, and finds that the people are about to pray 'Isha', what is the method? Does he join them, or does he pray before Maghrib?
The Shaykh:
If he is able to pray Maghrib.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
He should join them for the 'Isha prayer after he has completed the Maghrib prayer. That is good. If he joins them with the intention of Maghrib, then when they stand for the fourth rak'ah, he sits and performs the final tashahhud. Then, if he wishes, he says the taslim for himself, or if he wishes, he waits until they say the taslim and says it with them. This is also permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
May the Shaykh, Salih, be preserved by Allah. There is no harm. May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh:
Yes, he says the taslim with them, with them, he says the taslim with them.
The questioner:
With them means before they say the taslim, before.
The Shaykh:
Thank you. He says the taslim before them if he wishes, because this is a separation; he has separated from them.
The presenter:
All right.
Abdullah from al-Qassim, please, Abdullah. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. I have a question, may Allah preserve you. My father asks the Shaykh. Please. If a person does not perform the Maghrib prayer and enters the mosque intending to pray, and finds that the people are about to pray 'Isha', what is the method? Does he join them, or does he pray before Maghrib?
The Shaykh:
If he is able to pray Maghrib.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
He should join them for the 'Isha prayer after he has completed the Maghrib prayer. That is good. If he joins them with the intention of Maghrib, then when they stand for the fourth rak'ah, he sits and performs the final tashahhud. Then, if he wishes, he says the taslim for himself, or if he wishes, he waits until they say the taslim and says it with them. This is also permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
May the Shaykh, Salih, be preserved by Allah. There is no harm. May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh:
Yes, he says the taslim with them, with them, he says the taslim with them.
The questioner:
With them means before they say the taslim, before.
The Shaykh:
Thank you. He says the taslim before them if he wishes, because this is a separation; he has separated from them.
The presenter:
All right.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2520 - كيفية صلاة المغرب خلف من يصلي العشاء - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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