The ruling on one who catches the imam in prostration
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Is it permissible for a person who missed a rak'ah and then found the imam in prostration to say the takbir and then prostrate, or should he wait until the imam rises?
The best course is for a person who arrives while the imam is in a certain state to join the imam in whatever state he is in. So if he arrives and finds him in prostration, let him say the takbir and then prostrate, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (What you catch of the prayer, pray, and what you miss, complete) And because this prostration in which he prostrates may be a cause for the forgiveness of his sins, so he should not miss it for himself; therefore, he should prostrate and then rise with his imam, but he does not count it as a rak'ah; because a rak'ah is not caught except by catching the bowing.
Is it permissible for a person who missed a rak'ah and then found the imam in prostration to say the takbir and then prostrate, or should he wait until the imam rises?
The best course is for a person who arrives while the imam is in a certain state to join the imam in whatever state he is in. So if he arrives and finds him in prostration, let him say the takbir and then prostrate, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (What you catch of the prayer, pray, and what you miss, complete) And because this prostration in which he prostrates may be a cause for the forgiveness of his sins, so he should not miss it for himself; therefore, he should prostrate and then rise with his imam, but he does not count it as a rak'ah; because a rak'ah is not caught except by catching the bowing.