Is it obligatory for the one who joins the prayer late, if he enters while the imam is bowing, to say the takbir for bowing?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. Some of the worshippers catch up with the imam while he is bowing?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He gathers...
The Shaykh : Yes, if the one who joins the prayer late enters the prayer while the imam is bowing, it is obligatory for him to say the takbir of intention while standing, then the takbir for bowing. If he wishes, he says it; if he wishes, he does not say it. In this case, the takbir for bowing is recommended, as the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He gathers...
The Shaykh : Yes, if the one who joins the prayer late enters the prayer while the imam is bowing, it is obligatory for him to say the takbir of intention while standing, then the takbir for bowing. If he wishes, he says it; if he wishes, he does not say it. In this case, the takbir for bowing is recommended, as the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said.