Is it permissible for a person performing a voluntary prayer to follow a person performing an obligatory prayer? And does it count as a congregation?
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The questioner : If a person has prayed the 'Asr prayer
The Shaykh : A person?
The questioner : He prayed the 'Asr prayer.
The Shaykh : What did he do? He prayed the 'Asr prayer.
The questioner : He prayed the 'Asr prayer, and another person came wanting to pray, so he wanted to pray a voluntary prayer with him. Is that permissible? And does it count as a congregation?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Permissible?
The Shaykh : It is permissible, but is this a congregation for an obligatory prayer or a voluntary one?
The questioner : No, a voluntary one.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible.
The questioner : One of them is performing an obligatory prayer, so it will naturally be so.
The Shaykh : We understood that the one who missed an obligatory prayer, but the one who had already prayed the obligatory prayer and then prayed a voluntary prayer behind him, so it is a voluntary congregation and it is permissible. This is what occurred during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : A person?
The questioner : He prayed the 'Asr prayer.
The Shaykh : What did he do? He prayed the 'Asr prayer.
The questioner : He prayed the 'Asr prayer, and another person came wanting to pray, so he wanted to pray a voluntary prayer with him. Is that permissible? And does it count as a congregation?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Permissible?
The Shaykh : It is permissible, but is this a congregation for an obligatory prayer or a voluntary one?
The questioner : No, a voluntary one.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible.
The questioner : One of them is performing an obligatory prayer, so it will naturally be so.
The Shaykh : We understood that the one who missed an obligatory prayer, but the one who had already prayed the obligatory prayer and then prayed a voluntary prayer behind him, so it is a voluntary congregation and it is permissible. This is what occurred during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
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