The ruling on one who prayed in a mosque and then caught the prayer in another mosque
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If you prayed the obligatory prayer in a mosque—for example, the 'Isha' prayer—and then you went to another mosque and found them praying, and they were in the third rak'ah, is it prescribed for you to join them? And when the prayer ends, do you have to make up what is owed to you, or not?
This is asking, he says: If you prayed in your mosque and then came to another mosque where they are praying the 'Isha' prayer, and you joined them in the third rak'ah, then when the imam says the taslim, do you say the taslim because you have prayed two rak'ahs, or do you complete the prayer and pray four rak'ahs as the imam prayed?Answer: One looks into this. If a person came to the second mosque for a need that he might miss if he completed the prayer, then he should intend two rak'ahs from the beginning and say the taslim with the imam.Its example is: A person came to pray the funeral prayer in another mosque, and he missed two rak'ahs of the 'Asr prayer. Do we say: join them in the remaining two rak'ahs, then make up the two missed rak'ahs?Or we say: Say the taslim? In which of the two cases does one catch the funeral prayer: when he says the taslim, or when he recites? When he says the taslim.So we say: Say the taslim, but from the beginning, intend that you are entering to pray only two rak'ahs.
This is asking, he says: If you prayed in your mosque and then came to another mosque where they are praying the 'Isha' prayer, and you joined them in the third rak'ah, then when the imam says the taslim, do you say the taslim because you have prayed two rak'ahs, or do you complete the prayer and pray four rak'ahs as the imam prayed?Answer: One looks into this. If a person came to the second mosque for a need that he might miss if he completed the prayer, then he should intend two rak'ahs from the beginning and say the taslim with the imam.Its example is: A person came to pray the funeral prayer in another mosque, and he missed two rak'ahs of the 'Asr prayer. Do we say: join them in the remaining two rak'ahs, then make up the two missed rak'ahs?Or we say: Say the taslim? In which of the two cases does one catch the funeral prayer: when he says the taslim, or when he recites? When he says the taslim.So we say: Say the taslim, but from the beginning, intend that you are entering to pray only two rak'ahs.