Issue: If a follower catches up with the imam after the first bowing and before the second bowing in the eclipse prayer, what should he do?
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The Shaykh : I say that some people in the eclipse prayer catch up with the imam after the first bowing and before the second bowing. Do we consider him to have caught up with the unit of prayer or not? The answer is no, we do not consider him to have caught up with the unit of prayer, because a unit of prayer in the eclipse prayer is caught up by catching up with the first bowing. So if he enters with the imam after the first bowing, even if he catches up with the second bowing, he has not caught up with the unit of prayer. Now, if a man comes in the first unit of prayer after the first bowing, we say: Did you catch up with the unit of prayer or not? You did not catch up with the unit of prayer. The imam concluded the prayer and you stood up. Do you bow twice? Or do you bow once, because you bowed the first bowing with the imam? Do you understand the question now? I say that when you stand up to make up the prayer, do you bow twice or do you bow once, because you caught up with one of the bowings with the imam? Do you say the second opinion or the first opinion?
The students: The first opinion.
The Shaykh : Meaning, he does not bow except once?
The students: No, he bows twice.
The Shaykh : This is the correct view because we said that he did not catch up with the first unit of prayer. Accordingly, when he stands up to make up the prayer, how many bowings must he perform in the unit of prayer he is making up? Two bowings, because he is making up a complete unit of prayer, and a complete unit of prayer in the eclipse prayer consists of two bowings. Now.
The students: The first opinion.
The Shaykh : Meaning, he does not bow except once?
The students: No, he bows twice.
The Shaykh : This is the correct view because we said that he did not catch up with the first unit of prayer. Accordingly, when he stands up to make up the prayer, how many bowings must he perform in the unit of prayer he is making up? Two bowings, because he is making up a complete unit of prayer, and a complete unit of prayer in the eclipse prayer consists of two bowings. Now.
