The traveler who joins the resident imam in the final tashahhud
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If a traveler joins a resident imam in the final tashahhud, is it permissible for him to complete the prayer or must he shorten it? What is preferable, O honorable Shaykh?
If a traveler joins a resident imam while he is in the final tashahhud, he is obligated to complete the prayer;Due to the generality of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (So whatever you catch up with, pray, and whatever you miss, complete it).
And the (what) in "whatever you catch up with" is conditional, meaning whatever you catch up with, whether a little or a lot,And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say: so whatever you catch up with that allows you to join the congregation, pray, and whatever you miss, complete it. In fact, it is stated absolutely,He said: (So whatever you catch up with, pray, and whatever you miss, complete it). So this man who joined in the final tashahhud has caught up with the final tashahhud. When the imam says the taslim, he is obligated to complete what preceded it. This is the implication of the hadith.And although some scholars said: If he catches up with less than a rak'ah, he is not obligated to complete the prayer, because he did not catch up with the prayer.So we say: The hadith is general: (So whatever you catch up with, pray, and whatever you miss, complete it).
If a traveler joins a resident imam while he is in the final tashahhud, he is obligated to complete the prayer;Due to the generality of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (So whatever you catch up with, pray, and whatever you miss, complete it).
And the (what) in "whatever you catch up with" is conditional, meaning whatever you catch up with, whether a little or a lot,And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say: so whatever you catch up with that allows you to join the congregation, pray, and whatever you miss, complete it. In fact, it is stated absolutely,He said: (So whatever you catch up with, pray, and whatever you miss, complete it). So this man who joined in the final tashahhud has caught up with the final tashahhud. When the imam says the taslim, he is obligated to complete what preceded it. This is the implication of the hadith.And although some scholars said: If he catches up with less than a rak'ah, he is not obligated to complete the prayer, because he did not catch up with the prayer.So we say: The hadith is general: (So whatever you catch up with, pray, and whatever you miss, complete it).