Ruling on one who did not catch the Maghrib prayer and entered while they were praying 'Isha'
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Question:
The first message in this episode is from one of our brother listeners, who says at the end: (Abu 'Abd al-'Aziz . K. B. R). Our brother says: A man was delayed and did not pray Maghrib until the time for 'Isha' had entered. When he arrived at the mosque, he saw the imam leading the congregation in the 'Isha' prayer, and he was in the second rak'ah. So he joined them and prayed 'Isha', then stood up afterwards and prayed Maghrib. I said: It would have been better for you to enter with the imam, intending the Maghrib prayer, then stand up afterwards and pray 'Isha' alone, or with another congregation. He said: How do I pray with him intending Maghrib, when he is in the second rak'ah? Do I say the closing salam with the imam, or do I stand up and perform the missed rak'ah? I was afraid of the disapproval of the one praying next to me, for he would say to me: Stand up and perform your rak'ah. So I was confused, then I sent the question to you. Please issue a ruling for us, may Allah bless your lives, your deeds, and your knowledge, and increase you in good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows:
What is prescribed for you and those like you, if you arrive and the imam is in the prayer—the 'Isha' prayer—and you have not prayed Maghrib, is to enter with them intending the Maghrib prayer. There is no blame in that according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions.
So if he has prayed one rak'ah, you intend Maghrib and pray the three rak'ahs with them, and that suffices you for Maghrib, and you say the closing salam with them. And if you were at the beginning of the prayer, arriving when they were at the beginning of the prayer, you enter with them. And when you finish the third rak'ah, you sit and wait for the imam until he says the closing salam, then you say the closing salam with him, and that suffices you for Maghrib. Then you pray 'Isha' afterwards alone, if no other congregation is available. This is what is prescribed for you and those like you.
There is no blame in the difference of intention. You intended Maghrib, and they intended 'Isha'. There is no blame in that, because the order is obligatory. The order between the prayers is obligatory, so Maghrib is performed before 'Isha', and likewise Zuhr before 'Asr.
And likewise, if a person arrives while they are praying 'Asr, and he has not prayed Zuhr, he prays 'Asr with them intending Zuhr. When he finishes 'Asr with them, having prayed Zuhr, he prays 'Asr afterwards alone, or with a congregation if one is available. This is the correct position in this issue. And success is from Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
The first message in this episode is from one of our brother listeners, who says at the end: (Abu 'Abd al-'Aziz . K. B. R). Our brother says: A man was delayed and did not pray Maghrib until the time for 'Isha' had entered. When he arrived at the mosque, he saw the imam leading the congregation in the 'Isha' prayer, and he was in the second rak'ah. So he joined them and prayed 'Isha', then stood up afterwards and prayed Maghrib. I said: It would have been better for you to enter with the imam, intending the Maghrib prayer, then stand up afterwards and pray 'Isha' alone, or with another congregation. He said: How do I pray with him intending Maghrib, when he is in the second rak'ah? Do I say the closing salam with the imam, or do I stand up and perform the missed rak'ah? I was afraid of the disapproval of the one praying next to me, for he would say to me: Stand up and perform your rak'ah. So I was confused, then I sent the question to you. Please issue a ruling for us, may Allah bless your lives, your deeds, and your knowledge, and increase you in good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows:
What is prescribed for you and those like you, if you arrive and the imam is in the prayer—the 'Isha' prayer—and you have not prayed Maghrib, is to enter with them intending the Maghrib prayer. There is no blame in that according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions.
So if he has prayed one rak'ah, you intend Maghrib and pray the three rak'ahs with them, and that suffices you for Maghrib, and you say the closing salam with them. And if you were at the beginning of the prayer, arriving when they were at the beginning of the prayer, you enter with them. And when you finish the third rak'ah, you sit and wait for the imam until he says the closing salam, then you say the closing salam with him, and that suffices you for Maghrib. Then you pray 'Isha' afterwards alone, if no other congregation is available. This is what is prescribed for you and those like you.
There is no blame in the difference of intention. You intended Maghrib, and they intended 'Isha'. There is no blame in that, because the order is obligatory. The order between the prayers is obligatory, so Maghrib is performed before 'Isha', and likewise Zuhr before 'Asr.
And likewise, if a person arrives while they are praying 'Asr, and he has not prayed Zuhr, he prays 'Asr with them intending Zuhr. When he finishes 'Asr with them, having prayed Zuhr, he prays 'Asr afterwards alone, or with a congregation if one is available. This is the correct position in this issue. And success is from Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
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