The ruling on one who catches the imam in the final tashahhud while being a traveler
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What is the ruling when I come to the mosque and find the imam in the final tashahhud, and I join him and he says the taslim, so I do not know whether I should complete the four-rak'ah prayer or shorten it, given your statement, O honorable Shaykh, that traveling students have the right to shorten the prayer? I note that most of the congregation I attend consists of traveling students, and I note that it is not the main congregation but rather a second congregation?
In this case, one looks at the apparent situation, because what you mentioned happens in some mosques. A person passes by on the road and finds people praying, or in the airport he finds people praying, and he is unsure whether they are residents or travelers. He looks at the apparent situation. If the apparent state of this man is that he is a traveler, because his luggage is in front of him and he is wearing travel clothes, he is considered a traveler. And if nothing is more likely in your view, complete the prayer, because the default is completion.
What is the ruling when I come to the mosque and find the imam in the final tashahhud, and I join him and he says the taslim, so I do not know whether I should complete the four-rak'ah prayer or shorten it, given your statement, O honorable Shaykh, that traveling students have the right to shorten the prayer? I note that most of the congregation I attend consists of traveling students, and I note that it is not the main congregation but rather a second congregation?
In this case, one looks at the apparent situation, because what you mentioned happens in some mosques. A person passes by on the road and finds people praying, or in the airport he finds people praying, and he is unsure whether they are residents or travelers. He looks at the apparent situation. If the apparent state of this man is that he is a traveler, because his luggage is in front of him and he is wearing travel clothes, he is considered a traveler. And if nothing is more likely in your view, complete the prayer, because the default is completion.