If the iqamah is called and the worshipper has already begun a voluntary prayer, what should he do?
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The questioner : ... A question, O Shaykh, regarding the case where the iqamah is called and he has already begun a voluntary prayer?
The Shaykh : A voluntary prayer.
The questioner : Whether it is the greeting of the mosque ...?
The Shaykh : No, there is no difference. What should be noted here, in the most correct opinion that I have seen, is that he should estimate whether he was in the beginning, middle, or end of the voluntary prayer; he must estimate whether he will catch the obligatory prayer from its beginning? Will he catch the takbir al-ihram with the imam or not? So if it is most likely in his mind, whether he is in the beginning, middle, or end of the prayer, that if he completes it he will catch the obligatory prayer at its beginning, he completes it; otherwise, it is automatically invalid.
The questioner : ... If he was praying 'Isha' and caught one rak'ah of 'Isha', and remembered ... Maghrib, then two hadiths conflict here; one hadith is:Sunan Ibn Majah 1122Sahih (Darussalam), and the other is that he ... caught the 'Isha' prayer ... first, then he prays after that ... the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to pray in the valley where Satan was present, and this is ... .
The Shaykh :Sunan Ibn Majah 1122Sahih (Darussalam), this is, of course, specified to the case where his catching of it is a valid catching according to the Shari'ah, whereas in this case he did not catch it, as long as he remembered the missed prayer that must be performed immediately!
The questioner : Meaning, he also caught it while he was ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
Another questioner : Shaykh, you said that it becomes invalid ... but it becomes invalid if he does not ... catch the takbir al-ihram with the imam?
The Shaykh : If he estimates that he will not catch it, yes.
The questioner : Ibn Hazm said: It became invalid from the moment the iqamah was called; regardless.
The Shaykh : I know this, I know this from the words of Ibn Hazm.
The questioner : Because the hadith is:.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : He said: It became invalid.
The Shaykh : But the problem is that we must understand the texts, meaning not in a rigid, apparent way ... .
The Shaykh : A voluntary prayer.
The questioner : Whether it is the greeting of the mosque ...?
The Shaykh : No, there is no difference. What should be noted here, in the most correct opinion that I have seen, is that he should estimate whether he was in the beginning, middle, or end of the voluntary prayer; he must estimate whether he will catch the obligatory prayer from its beginning? Will he catch the takbir al-ihram with the imam or not? So if it is most likely in his mind, whether he is in the beginning, middle, or end of the prayer, that if he completes it he will catch the obligatory prayer at its beginning, he completes it; otherwise, it is automatically invalid.
The questioner : ... If he was praying 'Isha' and caught one rak'ah of 'Isha', and remembered ... Maghrib, then two hadiths conflict here; one hadith is:
Whoever catches one Rak’ah of prayer, he has caught it.
مَن أدرك من الصلاة ركعة فأدرك الصلاةThe Shaykh :
Whoever catches one Rak’ah of prayer
مَن أدرك من الصلاة ركعةThe questioner : Meaning, he also caught it while he was ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
Another questioner : Shaykh, you said that it becomes invalid ... but it becomes invalid if he does not ... catch the takbir al-ihram with the imam?
The Shaykh : If he estimates that he will not catch it, yes.
The questioner : Ibn Hazm said: It became invalid from the moment the iqamah was called; regardless.
The Shaykh : I know this, I know this from the words of Ibn Hazm.
The questioner : Because the hadith is:
So there is no prayer
فلا صلاةThe Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : He said: It became invalid.
The Shaykh : But the problem is that we must understand the texts, meaning not in a rigid, apparent way ... .
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