Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

Is it permissible to pray the Fajr rawatib while the imam is praying the obligatory prayer?

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. He says:The questioner : Some people pray the two rak'ahs of Fajr while the imam is praying. Is this action permissible?

The Shaykh : It is not permissible for a person to pray the two rak'ahs of Fajr while the imam is praying, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
When the Iqamah has been called for the Salat then there is no Salat except the obligatory. إذا أقيمت الصلاة فلا صلاة إلا المكتوبة
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 421Sahih (Darussalam)
However, if a person enters the two rak'ahs before the iqamah is called and reaches the second rak'ah, meaning he stands up for the second rak'ah, let him complete it briefly, as it is originally brief. And if the iqamah is called while he is in the first rak'ah, let him break off so that he can join the imam. Then, when the imam's prayer is finished, he makes up the missed prayer afterwards.
Source alathar.net

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

Similar fatwas