You missed it, so complete it: "How does the one who joins the prayer late handle his sitting and raising of his hands?"
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The questioner : The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: How is the position of the one praying behind the imam regarding raising the hands and sitting?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The position of the one praying behind the imam regarding raising the hands and sitting, meaning the tawruk or something like that, for the one who joins the prayer late?
The Shaykh : The one who joins the prayer late, may Allah reward you, performs the tawruk at the end of the prayer, meaning in the final tashahhud. As for raising the hands, he will raise his hands when bowing, when rising from bowing, and when standing up for the first tashahhud. As for the takbirat al-ihram, it has already passed and ended; he had already said the takbir before.
The questioner : But what about the first rak'ah?
The Shaykh : Meaning, did he catch the first rak'ah?
The questioner : No, he missed the first and second rak'ahs.
The Shaykh : Fine, if he missed the first rak'ah, then when the imam says the taslim, he stands up to make up the missed part. He raises his hands when standing up because he is rising from the tashahhud. The rest of the prayer is built on the principle that what he caught with the imam is the first part, and what he makes up is the last part.
The questioner : O Shaykh, what is it?
The Shaykh : And this is the correct opinion that I told you. Some scholars say: what he makes up is the first part of his prayer. But the stronger opinion is that it is the last part of the prayer. Yes.
And what you missed, complete it
فما فاتكم فأتمواThe Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The position of the one praying behind the imam regarding raising the hands and sitting, meaning the tawruk or something like that, for the one who joins the prayer late?
The Shaykh : The one who joins the prayer late, may Allah reward you, performs the tawruk at the end of the prayer, meaning in the final tashahhud. As for raising the hands, he will raise his hands when bowing, when rising from bowing, and when standing up for the first tashahhud. As for the takbirat al-ihram, it has already passed and ended; he had already said the takbir before.
The questioner : But what about the first rak'ah?
The Shaykh : Meaning, did he catch the first rak'ah?
The questioner : No, he missed the first and second rak'ahs.
The Shaykh : Fine, if he missed the first rak'ah, then when the imam says the taslim, he stands up to make up the missed part. He raises his hands when standing up because he is rising from the tashahhud. The rest of the prayer is built on the principle that what he caught with the imam is the first part, and what he makes up is the last part.
The questioner : O Shaykh, what is it?
The Shaykh : And this is the correct opinion that I told you. Some scholars say: what he makes up is the first part of his prayer. But the stronger opinion is that it is the last part of the prayer. Yes.