Ruling on Reciting Audibly for the One Who Joins the Prayer Late After the Imam’s Closing Salam

If a worshipper misses the first two units of a prayer in which the recitation is audible, and he stands up after the imam’s closing salam to make them up, does he recite audibly in them or not? And is the prayer of one who does not recite audibly in them valid?
Answer: The correct view is that what one catches up with the imam is the beginning of his prayer, and what he makes up is the end of his prayer. So if he catches up with the imam for two units, they are the beginning of his prayer, and he prays them with the imam silently, because the imam is silent and not reciting audibly. And if he stands up to make them up, he likewise makes them up as if they were the last two units, so he does not recite audibly in them. This is the correct view, because they are the end of his prayer, as in the case of the night prayer. Likewise, if he misses one unit of the sunset prayer, he makes it up, and it becomes the last unit for him, so he does not recite audibly in it. This is the recommended practice, so that the prayer does not become contradictory. Yes.