Is it permissible for one who joins the prayer late, missing one unit, to recite the opening supplication when he enters the prayer?
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The questioner : I caught up with the imam in the second unit, and he had already started the second unit in the night prayer, for example.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Do I have to listen? I cannot recite the opening supplication. Should I recite it in the third unit?
The Shaykh : What do you recite?
The questioner : The opening supplication.
The Shaykh : No, the opening supplication is gone.
The questioner : The opening supplication is gone.
The Shaykh : Yes, just as the recitation of the opening chapter is gone.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Do I have to listen? I cannot recite the opening supplication. Should I recite it in the third unit?
The Shaykh : What do you recite?
The questioner : The opening supplication.
The Shaykh : No, the opening supplication is gone.
The questioner : The opening supplication is gone.
The Shaykh : Yes, just as the recitation of the opening chapter is gone.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
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