How to make up a missed rak'ah in the prayer for rain
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Regarding the prayer for rain: If he missed the first rak'ah, does he complete it as the second or as the first?
This issue is based on a well-known scholarly disagreement: does the latecomer make up what he missed at the beginning of his prayer or at the end? The correct view is that what he makes up is at the end of his prayer, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "And complete what you missed". The disagreement becomes apparent if a person catches the last two rak'ahs of the midday prayer and stands to make up the missed ones: does he recite something along with al-Fatihah?If we say: If what he makes up is at the beginning of his prayer, he recites whatever is easy of the Qur'an after al-Fatihah.And if we say: If it is at the end of his prayer, he does not recite. The correct view is that it is at the end of his prayer;As he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And complete what you missed". Also, if a person catches one rak'ah of the sunset prayer, he recites the first tashahhud after the first rak'ah that he makes up. If it were at the beginning of his prayer, he would not recite the tashahhud.We would say to him: Pray the two rak'ahs that you make up without the tashahhud, except for the last one. Based on this, if a person catches the second rak'ah of the prayer for rain or the festival prayer, and then stands to make up the missed one, he does not say takbir in the second rak'ah that he makes up except five times only.
This issue is based on a well-known scholarly disagreement: does the latecomer make up what he missed at the beginning of his prayer or at the end? The correct view is that what he makes up is at the end of his prayer, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "And complete what you missed". The disagreement becomes apparent if a person catches the last two rak'ahs of the midday prayer and stands to make up the missed ones: does he recite something along with al-Fatihah?If we say: If what he makes up is at the beginning of his prayer, he recites whatever is easy of the Qur'an after al-Fatihah.And if we say: If it is at the end of his prayer, he does not recite. The correct view is that it is at the end of his prayer;As he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And complete what you missed". Also, if a person catches one rak'ah of the sunset prayer, he recites the first tashahhud after the first rak'ah that he makes up. If it were at the beginning of his prayer, he would not recite the tashahhud.We would say to him: Pray the two rak'ahs that you make up without the tashahhud, except for the last one. Based on this, if a person catches the second rak'ah of the prayer for rain or the festival prayer, and then stands to make up the missed one, he does not say takbir in the second rak'ah that he makes up except five times only.