What is the ruling on the prayer of one who catches the imam in bowing and, instead of glorifying Allah, recites the opening supplication, and the imam rises before he has glorified Allah?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, there is an elderly man who, when he arrives and the imam is bowing, begins with the opening supplication and does not say "Glory be to my Lord, the Most High." Then the imam rises while he has not said it. Is this rak'ah considered valid, and does he have to repeat the prayer if this rak'ah is not valid?
The Shaykh : Is he hunchbacked?
The questioner : No, he arrives when the imam is bowing.
The Shaykh : I understand, I understand, but the word "elderly"—you said he is elderly.
The questioner : I mean, his age is fifty or...
The Shaykh : The important thing is that he is upright.
The questioner : Upright, yes.
The Shaykh : He thinks that the opening supplication is said at the first pillar.
The questioner : At the beginning of the prayer.
The Shaykh : At the beginning of the prayer. All right, what is obligatory for him is to prostrate for forgetfulness, if we make prostration for forgetfulness obligatory upon him, because he left off what is obligatory, which is "Glory be to my Lord, the Most High." His prayer is valid as long as he says the takbir for entering prayer while standing. So the prayer is valid, and he has no need to repeat it, and nothing is required of him.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : But teach him, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Is he hunchbacked?
The questioner : No, he arrives when the imam is bowing.
The Shaykh : I understand, I understand, but the word "elderly"—you said he is elderly.
The questioner : I mean, his age is fifty or...
The Shaykh : The important thing is that he is upright.
The questioner : Upright, yes.
The Shaykh : He thinks that the opening supplication is said at the first pillar.
The questioner : At the beginning of the prayer.
The Shaykh : At the beginning of the prayer. All right, what is obligatory for him is to prostrate for forgetfulness, if we make prostration for forgetfulness obligatory upon him, because he left off what is obligatory, which is "Glory be to my Lord, the Most High." His prayer is valid as long as he says the takbir for entering prayer while standing. So the prayer is valid, and he has no need to repeat it, and nothing is required of him.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : But teach him, may Allah reward you with good.