If the imam completes the prayer, does the traveler shorten it behind him or complete it?

The questioner : If you set out on a journey to Oman, and you stopped in al-Qatranah, and the distance between you and Oman is about 80 kilometers, and you led the prayer and completed it, is it permissible for Abu Layla, for example, to shorten the prayer behind you? You stand for the third rak'ah while he says the taslim? You are on a journey, meaning.

The Shaykh : And I pray shortened.

The questioner : You completed it, you did not shorten.

The Shaykh : This is not correct, how?

The questioner : This is how it happened. I am telling you, my Shaykh, we were travelers, listen, listen.

The Shaykh : I did not understand you.

The questioner : Meaning, I completed it.

The Shaykh : Yes, complete it.

The questioner : We were travelers, me and Abu al-Harith andAbu Layla : and Abu Ahmad al-Dububi and his cousin. We arrived at al-Qatranah, the adhan for Dhuhr was called, so we entered the mosque, and he established the prayer. They brought Ahmad Yunus al-Dububi, so he completed the prayer, andAbu Layla : he said the taslim in the two rak'ahs, meaning in the tashahhud, and we stood up for the third rak'ah.Abu Layla : He said the taslim, so we left the mosque, all of us. After that, the brother Ali says to Abu Layla, "It is not permissible for you to say the taslim behind the imam. You are a ma'mum, not an imam, so you must follow the imam." So I wanted to clarify the issue with you?

The Shaykh : You understand it in one word, thatAbu Layla : he repented, and he is in front of you. If he had not repented, until we repent him, you would have gotten the answer. The best speech is what is little and sufficient. That is enough.

The questioner : Enough and a half.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. He is in front of me. I got out of it. He is you and him.
Abu Layla : O Allah, make us among those who repent. But my Shaykh, I naturally, as is not hidden from you, intended to shorten the prayer because the imam was traveling with us, so I thought he would shorten it.

The Shaykh : We did not ask you. Perhaps... what are you answering now?
Abu Layla : So that the issue is clarified, because some of them issued a fatwa that I should repeat my prayer, and I truly, that day...

The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah reward you with good. You must ask a question like your companion asked, and he got the answer. We will give you the answer too. What is your question now?
Abu Layla : My question, my Shaykh, I do not repeat the question again. Was the action I took correct, or was I mistaken?

The Shaykh : If you were correct, we would not have said that he repented. But this is not your question. Okay, this is a problem too. We need to correct the question.The questioner : This is not his question. This is not his question. Is it obligatory for you to repeat the prayer or not? Your saying that you were correct or mistaken, there is no doubt that you were mistaken. And so we held a good opinion of you and said to your companion that he repented. But it is not obligatory for you to repeat it.
Abu Layla : The action of our brother, my Shaykh, who is the imam, meaning, does it come out if he is now completing it, or does he not remain in travel until his home or his country?

The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible for him to complete it until he settles in his country, until he enters the boundaries of the town.
Abu Layla : My Shaykh, what happened regarding my intention? What is upon me to do when I made the intention?

The Shaykh : The imam was made for you to follow, so you opposed him. This is what we repeated to your hearing. This hadith: .
The Shaykh: Or Layla: You have done well.

The questioner : Even if the intention differed, my Shaykh?

The Shaykh : Even if the intention differed.
Abu Layla : But if he was praying, my Shaykh, the four and he came out for the fifth, and I know that they are four, then now I must follow him, and this is the same.