I am a traveler and I did not pray Maghrib or 'Isha'
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The questioner : He says: May the Shaykh be rewarded, I am a traveler and I did not pray Maghrib or 'Isha'. I entered the mosque while they were beginning the 'Isha' prayer, so I joined them in the first rak'ah of 'Isha' and completed the rest with the intention of Maghrib. One of the brothers objected to me, saying that my action contradicts the Sunnah and is an error. What is your opinion regarding my prayer? May Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh : And what is the correct way?
The questioner : I do not know.
The Shaykh : The problem is when a person tells people that this is an error without explaining the correct way to them, which causes them confusion. In any case, if a person comes as a traveler and enters a mosque where they are praying 'Isha', if he catches them in the second rak'ah, he should intend Maghrib and conclude the prayer with the imam, because he prayed how many? Three. If he catches them in the third rak'ah, he intends Maghrib and prays two rak'ahs with them, then when the imam concludes, he stands up for the third. If he joins them in the first rak'ah, he enters with them intending Maghrib; when the imam stands up for the fourth, he sits, intends to separate, recites the tashahhud, and concludes. Then he joins the imam in the remainder of the 'Isha' prayer. Yes.
The Shaykh : And what is the correct way?
The questioner : I do not know.
The Shaykh : The problem is when a person tells people that this is an error without explaining the correct way to them, which causes them confusion. In any case, if a person comes as a traveler and enters a mosque where they are praying 'Isha', if he catches them in the second rak'ah, he should intend Maghrib and conclude the prayer with the imam, because he prayed how many? Three. If he catches them in the third rak'ah, he intends Maghrib and prays two rak'ahs with them, then when the imam concludes, he stands up for the third. If he joins them in the first rak'ah, he enters with them intending Maghrib; when the imam stands up for the fourth, he sits, intends to separate, recites the tashahhud, and concludes. Then he joins the imam in the remainder of the 'Isha' prayer. Yes.