What is the ruling on the second congregation?

The questioner : The hadith that prohibits the second congregation?

The Shaykh : There is no explicit hadith prohibiting the second congregation, but there is jurisprudential understanding derived from some authentic hadiths and some established reports from the Companions that leads to the conclusion that the second congregation is not prescribed, provided that it is in a mosque with a regular imam and a regular mu'adhdhin. Undoubtedly, the scholars distinguish between a ruling derived by inference from the Book and the Sunnah and a ruling explicitly stated in the Book and the Sunnah. If the ruling is of the first type, it is not permissible to say that the Messenger of Allah prohibited the second congregation; rather, one should say, "I see and understand from the totality of what has come in this matter from marfu' hadiths and mawquf reports that this congregation is not prescribed." In the past, some deviant sects that strayed from the Book and the Sunnah held that any ruling established by correct jurisprudence could be attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). This is, of course, what all the people of the Sunnah have rejected, and they attributed to them innovation and misguidance because they attribute to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) what he did not say, even if the ijtihad was legally correct from a jurisprudential perspective. I do not know if your question is about the hadith or about the ruling. If your question is about the hadith, you have learned that there is no hadith there. If your question is about the ruling, that has a specific discussion. Is there anything else?

The questioner : There is no hadith with this text.

The Shaykh : A text as the person wishes? No text except by inference. Yes.