If a man enters the prayer late, is it permissible to give charity on his behalf, and likewise for a second and third person?
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The questioner : It is understood from this that if there is more than one person who entered late,
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : If there is more than one person who entered late.
The Shaykh : There is no second congregation.
The questioner : Okay.
The Shaykh : But this is just this.
The questioner : There would be two people giving charity.
The Shaykh : But this is just this scenario.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What is the scenario?
The questioner : He gives charity for the first one, does he give charity for the second one?
The Shaykh : Does the second one also have an obligation to pray?
The questioner : He prays, on his own, far away from these two.
The Shaykh : There is no objection.
The questioner : There is no objection, just as if there were three and three people giving charity...
The Shaykh : And also, suppose thirty people, let us go into the imagination, let us issue a ruling in the imagination, is this the reality of today? No, the prescribed thing is not being done, and the thing that is not prescribed is what is being done.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : If there is more than one person who entered late.
The Shaykh : There is no second congregation.
The questioner : Okay.
The Shaykh : But this is just this.
The questioner : There would be two people giving charity.
The Shaykh : But this is just this scenario.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What is the scenario?
The questioner : He gives charity for the first one, does he give charity for the second one?
The Shaykh : Does the second one also have an obligation to pray?
The questioner : He prays, on his own, far away from these two.
The Shaykh : There is no objection.
The questioner : There is no objection, just as if there were three and three people giving charity...
The Shaykh : And also, suppose thirty people, let us go into the imagination, let us issue a ruling in the imagination, is this the reality of today? No, the prescribed thing is not being done, and the thing that is not prescribed is what is being done.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
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