What is your opinion of the one who delays the congregational prayer and arrives while the imam is in the tashahhud, claiming that he caught the congregational prayer?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you.
The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : Some people, may Allah guide us and them, say that he delays in his house until the iqamah is called, and even until the imam sits for the final tashahhud, and then he arrives saying, "I caught the congregation; the virtue of the congregation is achieved by catching the tashahhud." What is your opinion?
The Shaykh : Our view is that this person is deprived of the utmost deprivation. If a person does not catch of the congregational prayer more than the tashahhud, he has not caught the congregational prayer, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Muwatta Malik 1:15. The implication is that whoever catches less than that has not caught it.
Therefore, this man must be advised and the truth must be made clear to him, so that perhaps Allah will guide him to it.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you.
The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : Some people, may Allah guide us and them, say that he delays in his house until the iqamah is called, and even until the imam sits for the final tashahhud, and then he arrives saying, "I caught the congregation; the virtue of the congregation is achieved by catching the tashahhud." What is your opinion?
The Shaykh : Our view is that this person is deprived of the utmost deprivation. If a person does not catch of the congregational prayer more than the tashahhud, he has not caught the congregational prayer, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Whoever catches a raka of the prayer has caught the prayer.
من أدرك ركعة من الصلاة فقد أدرك الصلاةTherefore, this man must be advised and the truth must be made clear to him, so that perhaps Allah will guide him to it.