If a man catches up with the imam while he is bowing, and he catches up with him only in the bowing and not in his saying, for example, "Subhan Rabbi al-Azim" (Glory be to my Lord, the Great)?
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The questioner : All right; if a man catches up with the imam while he is bowing, and he catches up with him only in the bowing and not in his saying, for example, "Subhan Rabbi al-Azim" (Glory be to my Lord, the Great)?
The Shaykh : The answer is in your next answer to my question: Which is more obligatory, reciting al-Fatihah or the tasbih in the bowing?
The questioner : Reciting al-Fatihah, without a doubt.
The Shaykh : All right; so suppose he came to the mosque and bowed with the imam and caught up with the obligatory tasbih, but he missed al-Fatihah; did he catch up with the bowing?
The questioner : He caught up with the bowing.
The Shaykh : Then, a fortiori, he catches up with the bowing if he did not catch up with the tasbih.
The questioner : Meaning, it counts as a rak'ah for him even if he did not say, "Subhan Rabbi al-Azim" (Glory be to my Lord, the Great)?
The Shaykh : Yes, what is this called? A fortiori argument, clear?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Or are you in doubt, as it appears to me?
The questioner : Because, as I said, O Shaykh, it is obligatory; his saying, "Subhan Rabbi al-Azim" (Glory be to my Lord, the Great).
The Shaykh : Yes, but reciting al-Fatihah is more obligatory.
The questioner : More obligatory?
The Shaykh : Yes, so what drops the more obligatory is what drops the obligatory. Now, is the doubt gone?
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Or I would have seen it in your eyes!
Another questioner : But he must be at rest in the bowing.
The Shaykh : How?
Another questioner : He must be at rest in the bowing.
The Shaykh : Of course, it is not just that he must be at rest; he must catch up with the imam in the bowing; because sometimes some of the worshippers, due to their haste, enter the mosque and find the imam bowing, while he is about to bow; what happens?
Another questioner : He did not catch up.
The Shaykh : But in this case, he caught up.
The questioner : He caught up with one tasbih.
The Shaykh : Even without a tasbih; because it is not a pillar!
The Shaykh : The answer is in your next answer to my question: Which is more obligatory, reciting al-Fatihah or the tasbih in the bowing?
The questioner : Reciting al-Fatihah, without a doubt.
The Shaykh : All right; so suppose he came to the mosque and bowed with the imam and caught up with the obligatory tasbih, but he missed al-Fatihah; did he catch up with the bowing?
The questioner : He caught up with the bowing.
The Shaykh : Then, a fortiori, he catches up with the bowing if he did not catch up with the tasbih.
The questioner : Meaning, it counts as a rak'ah for him even if he did not say, "Subhan Rabbi al-Azim" (Glory be to my Lord, the Great)?
The Shaykh : Yes, what is this called? A fortiori argument, clear?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Or are you in doubt, as it appears to me?
The questioner : Because, as I said, O Shaykh, it is obligatory; his saying, "Subhan Rabbi al-Azim" (Glory be to my Lord, the Great).
The Shaykh : Yes, but reciting al-Fatihah is more obligatory.
The questioner : More obligatory?
The Shaykh : Yes, so what drops the more obligatory is what drops the obligatory. Now, is the doubt gone?
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Or I would have seen it in your eyes!
Another questioner : But he must be at rest in the bowing.
The Shaykh : How?
Another questioner : He must be at rest in the bowing.
The Shaykh : Of course, it is not just that he must be at rest; he must catch up with the imam in the bowing; because sometimes some of the worshippers, due to their haste, enter the mosque and find the imam bowing, while he is about to bow; what happens?
Another questioner : He did not catch up.
The Shaykh : But in this case, he caught up.
The questioner : He caught up with one tasbih.
The Shaykh : Even without a tasbih; because it is not a pillar!
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