Is it permissible for a traveler who enters a mosque during the time of the 'Isha' prayer to offer 'Isha' before Maghrib?
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The questioner : This is another questioner who says: If I am traveling and I pass by one of the mosques and they are praying 'Isha', do I offer 'Isha' before Maghrib, or what do I do?
The Shaykh : No, do not offer 'Isha' before Maghrib. Pray Maghrib. Enter with the imam who is praying 'Isha' with the intention of praying Maghrib. If you enter in the second rak'ah, if you enter with the imam while he is in the second rak'ah, when do you say the taslim?
The student: With the imam.
The Shaykh : You say the taslim with the imam. Exactly. If you enter with the imam in the second rak'ah, it means you have prayed the second, third, and fourth rak'ahs. How many rak'ahs is that for you? Three rak'ahs. So you say the taslim with the imam.
And if you enter with him in the third rak'ah, you pray one rak'ah after him. And if you enter with him in the first rak'ah, and this is the difficult case, if you enter with him in the first rak'ah, do you stand with him and pray four rak'ahs, praying Maghrib as four rak'ahs, or do you sit, recite the tashahhud, and say the taslim? Which is it, the first or the second? The second. That is, if you enter with the imam who is praying 'Isha' in the first rak'ah and you want to pray Maghrib, we tell him: When the imam stands for the fourth rak'ah, sit down, recite the tashahhud, and say the taslim, so that you join him, that is, the imam, in the remainder of the 'Isha' prayer.
The Shaykh : No, do not offer 'Isha' before Maghrib. Pray Maghrib. Enter with the imam who is praying 'Isha' with the intention of praying Maghrib. If you enter in the second rak'ah, if you enter with the imam while he is in the second rak'ah, when do you say the taslim?
The student: With the imam.
The Shaykh : You say the taslim with the imam. Exactly. If you enter with the imam in the second rak'ah, it means you have prayed the second, third, and fourth rak'ahs. How many rak'ahs is that for you? Three rak'ahs. So you say the taslim with the imam.
And if you enter with him in the third rak'ah, you pray one rak'ah after him. And if you enter with him in the first rak'ah, and this is the difficult case, if you enter with him in the first rak'ah, do you stand with him and pray four rak'ahs, praying Maghrib as four rak'ahs, or do you sit, recite the tashahhud, and say the taslim? Which is it, the first or the second? The second. That is, if you enter with the imam who is praying 'Isha' in the first rak'ah and you want to pray Maghrib, we tell him: When the imam stands for the fourth rak'ah, sit down, recite the tashahhud, and say the taslim, so that you join him, that is, the imam, in the remainder of the 'Isha' prayer.