If a resident prays behind a traveler, what should the traveler say after the prayer?
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The questioner : My lord, regarding the imam, only...
The Shaykh :Sahih al-Bukhari 1236 .
The questioner : When a person is a traveler shortening the prayer, and he comes with the congregation and they appoint him as imam or delegate him to lead them, we sometimes see that he says, "I will pray two rak'ahs, and your imam is shortening his prayer, so complete your prayer."
The Shaykh : Or something similar to that.
The questioner : Is this the correct action, a recommended practice?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is obligatory for him, if he leads the residents, to say, "Complete your prayer, for we are a traveling people."
Another questioner : After the taslim?
The Shaykh : This is how it was narrated from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with a chain containing weakness, and it is authentic from the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab: "Complete your prayer, for we are a traveling people." But it is not permissible for him to speak such words except after the closing salam...
Another questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. But I see that this salam should be said quietly, not relying on an explicit text, but rather through jurisprudence and derivation, so that it achieves
The Shaykh :
The Imam is to be followed
إنما جعل الإمام ليؤتم بهThe questioner : When a person is a traveler shortening the prayer, and he comes with the congregation and they appoint him as imam or delegate him to lead them, we sometimes see that he says, "I will pray two rak'ahs, and your imam is shortening his prayer, so complete your prayer."
The Shaykh : Or something similar to that.
The questioner : Is this the correct action, a recommended practice?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is obligatory for him, if he leads the residents, to say, "Complete your prayer, for we are a traveling people."
Another questioner : After the taslim?
The Shaykh : This is how it was narrated from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with a chain containing weakness, and it is authentic from the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab: "Complete your prayer, for we are a traveling people." But it is not permissible for him to speak such words except after the closing salam...
Another questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. But I see that this salam should be said quietly, not relying on an explicit text, but rather through jurisprudence and derivation, so that it achieves
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