I entered the mosque while the imam was rising from the bowing, so I said the takbir, then bowed, and completed the prayer with the imam and concluded it. What is required of me?

The questioner : A woman asks: “May the Shaykh be respected, I entered the mosque while the imam was rising from the bowing, so I said the takbir, then bowed, and completed the prayer with the imam and concluded it. What is required of me?”

The Shaykh : She must now repeat the prayer from the beginning, because she did not catch the bowing. Whoever misses the bowing misses the unit of prayer. According to her question, this woman did not complete the prayer, because she did not catch the unit of prayer whose bowing she missed. She must now repeat her prayer. Yes.