The ruling on the prayer of one whose imam has concluded the prayer while he is still in prostration
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Question:
One of the listeners, Salih Abdullah Ahmad al-Imam, sent a letter containing a collection of questions. In one of them, he says: I was a follower in the 'Asr prayer in our village mosque. In the last rak'ah, the imam prostrated and we prostrated with him in the final prostration of the rak'ah. When he raised his head from prostration, we did not hear his takbir, and we remained in prostration until the imam recited the tashahhud and then concluded the prayer with the salam. We then raised our heads from prostration. What is required of us in the situation described?
Answer:
If you remained in prostration because you did not hear, there is no blame on you. You complete the prayer, and praise be to Allah. When you raise your heads, you recite the tashahhud and then conclude the prayer with the salam. Nothing is required of you, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. As for if they concluded the prayer with the imam, is the prayer ...?
The Shaykh: No, their prayer is not valid if they concluded it intentionally, because they did not recite the tashahhud. It is obligatory that they recite the tashahhud. If it was due to forgetfulness, they return and recite the tashahhud, then perform the prostration for forgetfulness, and then conclude the prayer with the salam, if they did it out of forgetfulness. That is, if they concluded the prayer with him out of forgetfulness, meaning they were startled and concluded with him out of forgetfulness, they return to the prayer if the time is recent and the interval has not been long, and they recite the tashahhud. After completing it, they perform the prostration for forgetfulness and conclude the prayer with the salam. If they conclude the prayer and then perform the prostration for forgetfulness, that is better: they conclude the prayer and then perform two prostrations for forgetfulness after the salam.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
One of the listeners, Salih Abdullah Ahmad al-Imam, sent a letter containing a collection of questions. In one of them, he says: I was a follower in the 'Asr prayer in our village mosque. In the last rak'ah, the imam prostrated and we prostrated with him in the final prostration of the rak'ah. When he raised his head from prostration, we did not hear his takbir, and we remained in prostration until the imam recited the tashahhud and then concluded the prayer with the salam. We then raised our heads from prostration. What is required of us in the situation described?
Answer:
If you remained in prostration because you did not hear, there is no blame on you. You complete the prayer, and praise be to Allah. When you raise your heads, you recite the tashahhud and then conclude the prayer with the salam. Nothing is required of you, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. As for if they concluded the prayer with the imam, is the prayer ...?
The Shaykh: No, their prayer is not valid if they concluded it intentionally, because they did not recite the tashahhud. It is obligatory that they recite the tashahhud. If it was due to forgetfulness, they return and recite the tashahhud, then perform the prostration for forgetfulness, and then conclude the prayer with the salam, if they did it out of forgetfulness. That is, if they concluded the prayer with him out of forgetfulness, meaning they were startled and concluded with him out of forgetfulness, they return to the prayer if the time is recent and the interval has not been long, and they recite the tashahhud. After completing it, they perform the prostration for forgetfulness and conclude the prayer with the salam. If they conclude the prayer and then perform the prostration for forgetfulness, that is better: they conclude the prayer and then perform two prostrations for forgetfulness after the salam.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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