The ruling for a traveler who catches the imam in the tashahhud during the Friday prayer
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Your Eminence! A traveler caught the Friday prayer while he was on the road, so he stopped and entered the mosque, and he caught the imam in the final tashahhud. Does he pray four rak'ahs following the imam, or does he pray two?The Shaykh: But the imam prayed it as Jumu'ah and did not pray it as four?The questioner: No; because he is a resident.
The Shaykh: But he prayed it as Jumu'ah, two rak'ahs.
The questioner: Yes.
But if he were a resident, he would have prayed it as four.
The Shaykh: If he were a resident, yes, but now he is not a resident. So he prays only two rak'ahs; because when he missed the Jumu'ah, his obligation became the Zuhr, and the Zuhr for him is two rak'ahs, shortened.
The Shaykh: But he prayed it as Jumu'ah, two rak'ahs.
The questioner: Yes.
But if he were a resident, he would have prayed it as four.
The Shaykh: If he were a resident, yes, but now he is not a resident. So he prays only two rak'ahs; because when he missed the Jumu'ah, his obligation became the Zuhr, and the Zuhr for him is two rak'ahs, shortened.