How does a traveler pray the Maghrib prayer behind a resident who is praying the 'Isha' prayer?
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The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. There is a question regarding travelers. Sometimes we come to the Maghrib prayer with the intention of combining it by advancing it, and we see the congregation praying, for example, the 'Isha' prayer, while we want to pray the Maghrib.
The Shaykh : Combining by delaying it.
The questioner : Combining by delaying it, I apologize. So in this case, there is sometimes a difficulty, which is that those who are praying the 'Isha' prayer complete four rak'ahs, while we want three for the Maghrib, and similar situations?
The Shaykh : Correct. There is no difficulty in this. The solution is that you join them with the intention of the Maghrib. If you join from the first rak'ah, then when the imam stands for the fourth, you sit and recite the tashahhud and say the taslim. Then you join the imam in the remainder of the 'Isha' prayer. If you catch them in the second rak'ah, you say the taslim with them because you have prayed three. If you catch them in the third rak'ah, you add one rak'ah, and so on. This is the solution, and there is no difficulty in it, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. There is a question regarding travelers. Sometimes we come to the Maghrib prayer with the intention of combining it by advancing it, and we see the congregation praying, for example, the 'Isha' prayer, while we want to pray the Maghrib.
The Shaykh : Combining by delaying it.
The questioner : Combining by delaying it, I apologize. So in this case, there is sometimes a difficulty, which is that those who are praying the 'Isha' prayer complete four rak'ahs, while we want three for the Maghrib, and similar situations?
The Shaykh : Correct. There is no difficulty in this. The solution is that you join them with the intention of the Maghrib. If you join from the first rak'ah, then when the imam stands for the fourth, you sit and recite the tashahhud and say the taslim. Then you join the imam in the remainder of the 'Isha' prayer. If you catch them in the second rak'ah, you say the taslim with them because you have prayed three. If you catch them in the third rak'ah, you add one rak'ah, and so on. This is the solution, and there is no difficulty in it, if Allah wills.