The Practical Application of Saying: (Ameen).

The questioner : The Islamic perspective on the practical application of saying Ameen between the imam and the follower?

The Shaykh : The practical application of saying Ameen, what did you say after it?

The questioner : Between the imam and the follower?

The Shaykh : You mean you want to know the image of: ?
I say, for example, I reached the end of Surat al-Fatihah: . The imam here may be a reciter or may be from the general people. It is permissible for the reciter to extend this extension for two movements... I say: , then the people made a noise with , and I had not yet finished with... two, four, or six movements. And thereby, the worshippers must be attentive to the imam's recitation. This is what the Qur'an commanded: . And their contemplation of the recitation of the Qur'an necessitates that they be attentive to the imam's completion of his saying: . And they should observe that imams differ in this; some extend for six movements, and some extend for two movements. So it is necessary to observe the imam's completion of reciting: . We take a breath, as if we are the reciter. So when the imam begins with his saying: , we say with him: ; such that he finishes from , and after that we finish from . This is in the stronger of the scholars' opinions in interpreting the previous hadith: . For in interpreting this hadith, there are two opinions of the scholars:
One of them—and it is the stronger, and Allah knows best—is: when he says Ameen; meaning: when he begins with: .
And the second opinion is: when he finishes. If he begins, then begin. This is the first opinion. The second opinion is: when he finishes from saying: ; meaning: when he stops the noon, then you say after that: . This second opinion has validity, especially regarding these people who are accustomed to racing ahead of the imam with: . So they must control and hold their breaths when the imam reaches: . The imam began and said: . So you say after he begins: . This is the image of how to follow the imam and not race ahead of him in his saying: .