A traveler who wants to perform the 'Isha' prayer joins a congregation praying Maghrib; how should he proceed?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh. A traveler wants to pray 'Isha', so he joined people who are praying Maghrib. What should he do?
The Shaykh : He prays Maghrib with them, and there is no harm in that. Then, if they catch up with him in the first rak'ah, they sit down when he stands for the fourth rak'ah, recite the tashahhud, and say the taslim, so that they can catch up with him for the remainder of the 'Isha' prayer. If they joined him in the second rak'ah, they say the taslim with him. If they joined him in the third rak'ah, they make up one rak'ah after him.
The questioner : The question, O Shaykh, is: A traveler wants to pray 'Isha' by shortening it, so he joined people who are praying Maghrib?
The Shaykh : There is no problem with this. If they joined him while he is praying 'Isha' as two rak'ahs, they pray two rak'ahs with him, then they make up one rak'ah after his taslim.
The questioner : He is a ma'mum, not an imam. The one praying 'Isha' is a ma'mum, and the imam is praying Maghrib.
The Shaykh : This is the opposite of your first question. In any case, if a person joins those praying Maghrib while he wants to pray 'Isha' shortened, there is no harm. Then, in our view, he has a choice: if he wishes, he intends to pray alone during the tashahhud, completes it, and says the taslim, so his 'Isha' prayer is shortened. If he wishes, he continues with his imam; when his imam says the taslim, he performs one rak'ah, and his 'Isha' prayer is complete in his case.
The Shaykh : He prays Maghrib with them, and there is no harm in that. Then, if they catch up with him in the first rak'ah, they sit down when he stands for the fourth rak'ah, recite the tashahhud, and say the taslim, so that they can catch up with him for the remainder of the 'Isha' prayer. If they joined him in the second rak'ah, they say the taslim with him. If they joined him in the third rak'ah, they make up one rak'ah after him.
The questioner : The question, O Shaykh, is: A traveler wants to pray 'Isha' by shortening it, so he joined people who are praying Maghrib?
The Shaykh : There is no problem with this. If they joined him while he is praying 'Isha' as two rak'ahs, they pray two rak'ahs with him, then they make up one rak'ah after his taslim.
The questioner : He is a ma'mum, not an imam. The one praying 'Isha' is a ma'mum, and the imam is praying Maghrib.
The Shaykh : This is the opposite of your first question. In any case, if a person joins those praying Maghrib while he wants to pray 'Isha' shortened, there is no harm. Then, in our view, he has a choice: if he wishes, he intends to pray alone during the tashahhud, completes it, and says the taslim, so his 'Isha' prayer is shortened. If he wishes, he continues with his imam; when his imam says the taslim, he performs one rak'ah, and his 'Isha' prayer is complete in his case.