Does it make a difference whether the one entering is a group or an individual?
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The questioner : May Allah forgive you. Does it make a difference whether the one entering is a group or an individual?
The Shaykh : Yes, it makes no difference, because we said that even a group does not establish a congregation. People pray tarawih; they all enter with the imam. Yes, if a person enters who has not prayed 'Isha' and finds this group praying 'Isha' while the imam is praying tarawih, he enters with the imam, because the imam's congregation is usually larger in number than this group, and what is greater is more beloved to Allah. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, it makes no difference, because we said that even a group does not establish a congregation. People pray tarawih; they all enter with the imam. Yes, if a person enters who has not prayed 'Isha' and finds this group praying 'Isha' while the imam is praying tarawih, he enters with the imam, because the imam's congregation is usually larger in number than this group, and what is greater is more beloved to Allah. Yes.