What is the ruling on a person performing a voluntary prayer leading a person performing an obligatory prayer, and the person performing the obligatory prayer stood up and completed his prayer?
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The questioner : Noble Shaykh, a person performing a voluntary prayer led a person performing an obligatory prayer, and the missed prayer for this person performing the obligatory prayer was four rak'ahs. So he stood up and prayed two rak'ahs with him as imam, then he said the closing salam after two rak'ahs. Then the person performing the obligatory prayer stood up and completed the four-rak'ah prayer. What is the ruling on this?
The Shaykh : There is no harm in a person performing a voluntary prayer being the imam for a person performing an obligatory prayer. There is also no harm in the person performing the voluntary prayer praying two rak'ahs and then saying the salam, and after his salam, the person performing the obligatory prayer completing the remainder of the obligatory prayer. This is because Mu'adh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray the night prayer with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then he would return to his people and pray with them the same prayer. It was a voluntary prayer for him and an obligatory prayer for them. Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no harm in a person performing a voluntary prayer being the imam for a person performing an obligatory prayer. There is also no harm in the person performing the voluntary prayer praying two rak'ahs and then saying the salam, and after his salam, the person performing the obligatory prayer completing the remainder of the obligatory prayer. This is because Mu'adh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray the night prayer with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then he would return to his people and pray with them the same prayer. It was a voluntary prayer for him and an obligatory prayer for them. Yes.