What is the ruling on a traveler who shortens the prayer behind a resident imam while being ignorant of the ruling?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah reward you: If a traveler enters with a group of residents and prays with them, for example, two rak'ahs of Dhuhr, then stands up and prays two rak'ahs of 'Asr, and then learns the ruling that he is required to pray four rak'ahs with the residents, does he repeat the prayers of Dhuhr and 'Asr?
The Shaykh : He repeats the one he prayed with the imam as four, because whoever joins an imam who is completing the prayer is required to complete it, whether he caught the prayer from the beginning or caught the last two rak'ahs. As for the prayer of 'Asr, if he prayed it with someone other than the imam as two rak'ahs, he does not repeat it.
The questioner : He does not repeat 'Asr, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, he does not repeat it, as long as he prayed it alone.
The questioner : Is the order not required?
The Shaykh : The question is: did he pray it alone or not?
The questioner : Alone, yes.
The Shaykh : Well then, he does not repeat it because it was performed validly, and the order is a condition only if a person knows that he missed something and did not pray it before the current prayer. But now, he prayed 'Asr based on the fact that the prayer of Dhuhr was valid, so he prayed it in its time.
The questioner : Yes, but after the incorrect one.
The Shaykh : It does not harm; an error in the order or forgetting the order does not harm.
The questioner : A final question, O Shaykh: do we ask or do we stand?
The Shaykh : Ask, ask.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, this first one is addressing the second one.
The Shaykh : Musa, look, he is the one who manages the matter.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : If he signals, that is enough.
The Shaykh : He repeats the one he prayed with the imam as four, because whoever joins an imam who is completing the prayer is required to complete it, whether he caught the prayer from the beginning or caught the last two rak'ahs. As for the prayer of 'Asr, if he prayed it with someone other than the imam as two rak'ahs, he does not repeat it.
The questioner : He does not repeat 'Asr, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, he does not repeat it, as long as he prayed it alone.
The questioner : Is the order not required?
The Shaykh : The question is: did he pray it alone or not?
The questioner : Alone, yes.
The Shaykh : Well then, he does not repeat it because it was performed validly, and the order is a condition only if a person knows that he missed something and did not pray it before the current prayer. But now, he prayed 'Asr based on the fact that the prayer of Dhuhr was valid, so he prayed it in its time.
The questioner : Yes, but after the incorrect one.
The Shaykh : It does not harm; an error in the order or forgetting the order does not harm.
The questioner : A final question, O Shaykh: do we ask or do we stand?
The Shaykh : Ask, ask.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, this first one is addressing the second one.
The Shaykh : Musa, look, he is the one who manages the matter.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : If he signals, that is enough.