What is the ruling on completing the prayer with a latecomer in the case of making up what he missed?
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The Shaykh : The one after him, please.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : What is the ruling on following a follower, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Following a follower?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : How does one follow a follower?
The questioner : If a person is with the imam in the second tashahhud, and when the imam finishes the prayer, a person comes and follows this follower.
The Shaykh : I mean: following a latecomer in the case of making up what he missed, is that it?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : All right, the scholars said: there is nothing wrong with that, so this follower transitions from following to leading, but with this, we do not advise doing so:
First: because it is not reported from the Companions that a person, when making up what he missed with the imam, prays it as a congregation.
Second: some scholars said: this is not valid, so avoid this as a precaution based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan an-Nasa'i 5711Sahih (Darussalam) and in his saying: Bulugh al-Maram 16:32 so it should not be done, even if permissibility is claimed, yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : What is the ruling on following a follower, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Following a follower?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : How does one follow a follower?
The questioner : If a person is with the imam in the second tashahhud, and when the imam finishes the prayer, a person comes and follows this follower.
The Shaykh : I mean: following a latecomer in the case of making up what he missed, is that it?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : All right, the scholars said: there is nothing wrong with that, so this follower transitions from following to leading, but with this, we do not advise doing so:
First: because it is not reported from the Companions that a person, when making up what he missed with the imam, prays it as a congregation.
Second: some scholars said: this is not valid, so avoid this as a precaution based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):