What is the ruling on the prayer of a worshipper who enters the mosque late for the congregation and follows one of the followers? And is there any evidence for this action?
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The questioner : The questioner says: Our Shaykh, what is the ruling on the prayer of a worshipper who enters the mosque late for the congregation and follows one of the followers? And is there any evidence for this action?
The Shaykh : There is no evidence for this action, and the original rule in acts of worship is prohibition unless there is evidence. So, if no evidence comes regarding the legitimacy of a specific act of worship, the evidence for its illegitimacy is the absence of evidence for its legitimacy.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. He says: Does the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah say this?
The Shaykh : It is possible; he says this, just as he says regarding the second congregation.
The questioner : So, our Shaykh, do you have evidence regarding the second congregation and for the saying about the second congregation, meaning?
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : Ibn Taymiyyah [regarding] the permissibility of the second congregation.
The Shaykh : ... the generality of the hadith:Sahih al-Bukhari 646, and they respond with the hadith: Sunan Abi Dawud 574Sahih (Al-Albani), and the congregational prayer is like the mosques [Al-Baqarah 2:187], the intended meaning is the customary congregation mentioned previously, which is the first congregation.
The Shaykh : There is no evidence for this action, and the original rule in acts of worship is prohibition unless there is evidence. So, if no evidence comes regarding the legitimacy of a specific act of worship, the evidence for its illegitimacy is the absence of evidence for its legitimacy.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. He says: Does the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah say this?
The Shaykh : It is possible; he says this, just as he says regarding the second congregation.
The questioner : So, our Shaykh, do you have evidence regarding the second congregation and for the saying about the second congregation, meaning?
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : Ibn Taymiyyah [regarding] the permissibility of the second congregation.
The Shaykh : ... the generality of the hadith:
The prayer in congregation is twenty five times superior to the prayer offered by person alone.
صلاة الجماعة تفضل صلاة الفذِّ بخمس وعشرين درجةIs there any man who may do good with this (man) and pray along with him.
أَلَا رجلٌ يتصدَّق على هذا فيصلي معه ؟!as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques
وَأَنْتُمْ عَاكِفُونَ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ
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