The sender of the message says: I entered the mosque for the Maghrib prayer, and the imam had bowed. When I entered, he had already risen from the bowing, so I stood until he rose from the prostration. But a man came to my side...
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The questioner : Your Eminence, Shaykh Muhammad.
The Shaykh : Welcome, greetings.
The questioner : The honorable Shaykh Muhammad, the message before us now contains a question. The sender says: I entered the mosque for the Maghrib prayer, and the imam had bowed. When I entered, he had already risen from the bowing, so I stood until he rose from the prostration. But a man came to my side and prostrated with the imam without bowing, while I remained standing. This man tried to make me prostrate without bowing, but I remained standing until the imam rose, and then I completed the prayer. I ask you to inform me: is there anything required of me for my standing, or not? Knowing that I completed the rak'ah that I missed from the prayer?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. What is understood from this question is that this person who entered did not say the takbir until this man came, and he remained standing without entering into his prayer.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This action is not appropriate, because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 635 So what is prescribed is that when a person comes to the prayer and the imam is in a certain state, he should do what the imam is doing. Then, if he caught the bowing with the imam, he has caught the rak'ah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And if the imam raised his head from the bowing before he caught it, then he has missed this rak'ah. So if you come and he has raised his head from the bowing, say the takbir of intention while standing. Then, if the imam is prostrating, prostrate; and if he is sitting, sit. Do not count what you caught, because you have missed the bowing.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And whoever misses the bowing has missed the rak'ah. Yes.
The questioner : So, is the one who prostrated with the imam the one who is on the right path?
The Shaykh : Yes, the one who prostrated with the imam is more correct than him.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Welcome, greetings.
The questioner : The honorable Shaykh Muhammad, the message before us now contains a question. The sender says: I entered the mosque for the Maghrib prayer, and the imam had bowed. When I entered, he had already risen from the bowing, so I stood until he rose from the prostration. But a man came to my side and prostrated with the imam without bowing, while I remained standing. This man tried to make me prostrate without bowing, but I remained standing until the imam rose, and then I completed the prayer. I ask you to inform me: is there anything required of me for my standing, or not? Knowing that I completed the rak'ah that I missed from the prayer?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. What is understood from this question is that this person who entered did not say the takbir until this man came, and he remained standing without entering into his prayer.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This action is not appropriate, because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
and pray whatever you get (with the people) and complete the rest which you have missed
فما أدركتم فصلوا وما فاتكم فأتمواThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And if the imam raised his head from the bowing before he caught it, then he has missed this rak'ah. So if you come and he has raised his head from the bowing, say the takbir of intention while standing. Then, if the imam is prostrating, prostrate; and if he is sitting, sit. Do not count what you caught, because you have missed the bowing.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And whoever misses the bowing has missed the rak'ah. Yes.
The questioner : So, is the one who prostrated with the imam the one who is on the right path?
The Shaykh : Yes, the one who prostrated with the imam is more correct than him.
The questioner : Yes.