How does the one who joins the prayer late know that the imam made a mistake before he joined him?
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The questioner : Oh Shaykh
The Shaykh : On the right.
The questioner : I say, O Shaykh, if ... the imam prostrates for forgetfulness ...
The Shaykh : If?
The questioner : The imam, if he prostrates for forgetfulness after the closing salam.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So how does the one praying behind the imam who missed part of the prayer ...
The Shaykh : How does he act?
The questioner : I say, if he prostrates for forgetfulness ...
The Shaykh : After the salam.
The questioner : After the salam.
The Shaykh : So how does the one who joins the prayer late act?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Yes, if the imam prostrates after the salam, the one who joins the prayer late does not follow him. Rather, when the imam says the salam to end the prayer, the one who joins the prayer late stands up and makes up what he missed. As for the prostration, if he caught up with the imam’s mistake, it is obligatory for him to prostrate after the salam. And if the imam made a mistake before this one who joins the prayer late entered with him, there is no prostration required of him.
The questioner : How does he know if it was before or after?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : How does he know that he made a mistake before the one praying behind him? How does he know that the imam made a mistake before the bowing?
The Shaykh : He knows that if he entered with him in the second rak'ah, the one who joins the prayer late entered in the second rak'ah and the imam prostrated in the second rak'ah, this is three times for forgetfulness. Does he know now that he caught up with the mistake?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, but if there was no mistake after he entered with him, there is no prostration required of him.
The questioner : If the mistake, meaning, is in the secret recitation, like forgetting the tasbih or Subhan Rabbi al-Azim.
The Shaykh : Forgetting the tasbih, the prostration is before the salam.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes, on the left, ... did you take a question from before?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What are you hiding from us? Wait until those who have not taken [questions] are finished. Yes, the left.
The Shaykh : On the right.
The questioner : I say, O Shaykh, if ... the imam prostrates for forgetfulness ...
The Shaykh : If?
The questioner : The imam, if he prostrates for forgetfulness after the closing salam.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So how does the one praying behind the imam who missed part of the prayer ...
The Shaykh : How does he act?
The questioner : I say, if he prostrates for forgetfulness ...
The Shaykh : After the salam.
The questioner : After the salam.
The Shaykh : So how does the one who joins the prayer late act?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Yes, if the imam prostrates after the salam, the one who joins the prayer late does not follow him. Rather, when the imam says the salam to end the prayer, the one who joins the prayer late stands up and makes up what he missed. As for the prostration, if he caught up with the imam’s mistake, it is obligatory for him to prostrate after the salam. And if the imam made a mistake before this one who joins the prayer late entered with him, there is no prostration required of him.
The questioner : How does he know if it was before or after?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : How does he know that he made a mistake before the one praying behind him? How does he know that the imam made a mistake before the bowing?
The Shaykh : He knows that if he entered with him in the second rak'ah, the one who joins the prayer late entered in the second rak'ah and the imam prostrated in the second rak'ah, this is three times for forgetfulness. Does he know now that he caught up with the mistake?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, but if there was no mistake after he entered with him, there is no prostration required of him.
The questioner : If the mistake, meaning, is in the secret recitation, like forgetting the tasbih or Subhan Rabbi al-Azim.
The Shaykh : Forgetting the tasbih, the prostration is before the salam.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes, on the left, ... did you take a question from before?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What are you hiding from us? Wait until those who have not taken [questions] are finished. Yes, the left.