If the imam prostrates or bows without saying the takbir, and sits while bowing or prostrating for a period; do we follow him or wait for him because we did not hear him?
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The questioner: If the imam prostrates—O Shaykh—if the imam prostrates and does not say the takbir, or bows and does not say the takbir, and sits while bowing or prostrating and does not say the takbir, after he has prostrated for a period, do we follow or wait for him to prostrate?
The Shaykh: Follow him in what?
The questioner: I mean, do we follow him in prostration, or do we bow without hearing the takbir? As long as we saw that he prostrated and placed his face on the ground.
The Shaykh: Of course, and how do you know that he did not say it quietly?
The questioner: I did not hear it, I am close to the imam.
The Shaykh: My brother, I did not hear it, I am not telling you.
The questioner: Is my seeing him [enough]?
The Shaykh: My brother, I am not telling you.
The questioner: Do I move and prostrate?
The Shaykh: There is no power nor strength except by Allah, yes, you move and prostrate.
The questioner: Even if I did not hear the takbir?
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you, what is wrong with you, you are repeating the words, what does "even" mean when you mentioned "even" beforehand? Your question was that you did not hear the takbir, but you saw the imam bowing or prostrating; so do you follow him in his movements? I tell you: Yes. You come back and say: even if you did not hear? What does this mean, my brother, except wasting time?
The questioner: Does this apply to all movements of rising from bowing and so on?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: And rising from prostration and the sitting; correct?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner: Tapes, a very quick question, the tapes of "Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib," the explanation of "Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib," how many years have passed since they were recorded?
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The questioner: Old, meaning very old?
The Shaykh: I do not know, this is not my concern, whenever I speak or deliver a lecture, I do not retain in my mind when it was delivered? And in which place? And on what date? This is impossible!
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And may Allah protect you, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Follow him in what?
The questioner: I mean, do we follow him in prostration, or do we bow without hearing the takbir? As long as we saw that he prostrated and placed his face on the ground.
The Shaykh: Of course, and how do you know that he did not say it quietly?
The questioner: I did not hear it, I am close to the imam.
The Shaykh: My brother, I did not hear it, I am not telling you.
The questioner: Is my seeing him [enough]?
The Shaykh: My brother, I am not telling you.
The questioner: Do I move and prostrate?
The Shaykh: There is no power nor strength except by Allah, yes, you move and prostrate.
The questioner: Even if I did not hear the takbir?
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you, what is wrong with you, you are repeating the words, what does "even" mean when you mentioned "even" beforehand? Your question was that you did not hear the takbir, but you saw the imam bowing or prostrating; so do you follow him in his movements? I tell you: Yes. You come back and say: even if you did not hear? What does this mean, my brother, except wasting time?
The questioner: Does this apply to all movements of rising from bowing and so on?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: And rising from prostration and the sitting; correct?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner: Tapes, a very quick question, the tapes of "Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib," the explanation of "Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib," how many years have passed since they were recorded?
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The questioner: Old, meaning very old?
The Shaykh: I do not know, this is not my concern, whenever I speak or deliver a lecture, I do not retain in my mind when it was delivered? And in which place? And on what date? This is impossible!
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And may Allah protect you, if Allah wills.
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