Ruling on one who prays behind a traveler who completes the prayer
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The questioner: If a traveler prays with a traveler and the imam completes the prayer, what is required of the ma'mum? Must he complete it or shorten it?The Shaykh: Meaning, the imam is a traveler and he completed the prayer?The questioner: Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh: It is obligatory for the ma'mum to complete the prayer in accordance with his imam.Meaning: If a traveler prays behind an imam who completes the prayer, he must complete it, whether that imam is a traveler or a resident, due to the generality of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The imam is made to be followed."And his statement: "Pray what you catch up with, and make up what you missed."And Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) was asked: Regarding the traveling man who prays two rak'ahs and prays four with the imam?He said: [that is the Sunnah] .
The Shaykh: It is obligatory for the ma'mum to complete the prayer in accordance with his imam.Meaning: If a traveler prays behind an imam who completes the prayer, he must complete it, whether that imam is a traveler or a resident, due to the generality of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The imam is made to be followed."And his statement: "Pray what you catch up with, and make up what you missed."And Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) was asked: Regarding the traveling man who prays two rak'ahs and prays four with the imam?He said: [that is the Sunnah] .