Two men entered the mosque and found the imam in the final tashahhud, so they agreed to join the congregation and, after the taslim, one of them would lead the other in prayer?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. If two people enter the mosque and it becomes clear to them that this is the final rak'ah, and they agree that one of them will lead the other, but they join the congregation, is this action permissible?
The Shaykh : I mean, two men entered the mosque and the imam was in the final rak'ah, so they agreed that after the taslim they would complete the prayer as a congregation. Is that the question?
The questioner : Yes, and one of them would be the imam?
The Shaykh : Yes, one of them would be the imam and the other the ma'mum.
This is permissible and there is nothing wrong with it. In that case, the ma'mum who was a ma'mum in the first prayer transitions to being an imam, meaning he becomes the imam, and the second ma'mum transitions from one imam to another imam. However, this is not the Sunnah. The Sunnah is for each person to make up the missed portion individually. Yes.
The Shaykh : I mean, two men entered the mosque and the imam was in the final rak'ah, so they agreed that after the taslim they would complete the prayer as a congregation. Is that the question?
The questioner : Yes, and one of them would be the imam?
The Shaykh : Yes, one of them would be the imam and the other the ma'mum.
This is permissible and there is nothing wrong with it. In that case, the ma'mum who was a ma'mum in the first prayer transitions to being an imam, meaning he becomes the imam, and the second ma'mum transitions from one imam to another imam. However, this is not the Sunnah. The Sunnah is for each person to make up the missed portion individually. Yes.