What is the ruling on a traveler praying four rak'ahs leading people, intending it as a voluntary prayer, and then praying two rak'ahs for himself?
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The questioner : Shaykh, you said that the four-rak'ah prayer is shortened to become two, meaning... the prayer, but if I am made to lead them in prayer; is it permissible for me to intend it for them as a voluntary prayer and then repeat it as a shortened prayer?
The Shaykh : Which prayer?
The questioner : The Dhuhr and Asr prayers, if I am made to lead them and I am a traveler...?
The Shaykh : Ah, you are a traveler.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And why do you pray it in full and then pray it shortened? Have you not taught them, in word and deed?
The questioner : No, Shaykh, I have not taught them.
The Shaykh : Then teach them in word and deed, explain the Sunnah to them, then pray according to the Sunnah, and do not make it difficult for them.
The questioner : Perhaps, Shaykh, we listened to a tape of the Shaykh "Adnan Ar'ur" where he said that this... this word, I pray it... and intend it as a voluntary prayer, meaning I pray with them, meaning in Algeria, I was in Algeria and prayed the four-rak'ah prayer with them, then shortened it after completing his prayer.
The Shaykh : Yes, my brother, he missed what I told you.
The questioner: Yes ... .
The Shaykh : And may He reward you.
The questioner : Do we shorten the prayer, or are there other hadiths that gather it, contradicting... the hand?
The Shaykh : No, he is outside the prayer as well.
The questioner : Even... in a sitting like...
The Shaykh : Even outside the prayer as well.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Which prayer?
The questioner : The Dhuhr and Asr prayers, if I am made to lead them and I am a traveler...?
The Shaykh : Ah, you are a traveler.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And why do you pray it in full and then pray it shortened? Have you not taught them, in word and deed?
The questioner : No, Shaykh, I have not taught them.
The Shaykh : Then teach them in word and deed, explain the Sunnah to them, then pray according to the Sunnah, and do not make it difficult for them.
The questioner : Perhaps, Shaykh, we listened to a tape of the Shaykh "Adnan Ar'ur" where he said that this... this word, I pray it... and intend it as a voluntary prayer, meaning I pray with them, meaning in Algeria, I was in Algeria and prayed the four-rak'ah prayer with them, then shortened it after completing his prayer.
The Shaykh : Yes, my brother, he missed what I told you.
The questioner: Yes ... .
The Shaykh : And may He reward you.
The questioner : Do we shorten the prayer, or are there other hadiths that gather it, contradicting... the hand?
The Shaykh : No, he is outside the prayer as well.
The questioner : Even... in a sitting like...
The Shaykh : Even outside the prayer as well.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
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