What is the ruling if a man enters the mosque and sees the imam bowing, so he bows and walks while bowing until he joins the row?
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The questioner : ... and he is walking.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... behind the row?
The Shaykh : That is from the Sunnah.
The questioner : The prayer, yes,.
The Shaykh : No, no, this is not it; this is by deduction. As for what I am saying, it is by explicit text: "It is from the Sunnah that if a person enters the mosque and finds the imam bowing, he should bow where he is, then creep along until he joins the row."
The questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : Is this a hadith of my shaykh?
The Shaykh : It is in al-Hakim's al-Mustadrak.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And to you.
The questioner : The hadith with this wording?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ...Sunan Abi Dawud 683Sahih (Al-Albani) ؟
The student : In al-Hakim's al-Mustadrak, yes, yes.
Another student: Is this one or that one, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, it is this one; perhaps it is this one.
The questioner : ... Our Shaykh, are you saying there is an addition in it?
Another student: It is authentic.
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah.
The questioner : I thought the Shaykh meant to say something about it.
The student : He considers it a Sunnah.
Another student: Come closer to the table, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... behind the row?
The Shaykh : That is from the Sunnah.
The questioner : The prayer, yes,
May Allah increase you in eagerness.
زادَك الله حرصًاThe Shaykh : No, no, this is not it; this is by deduction. As for what I am saying, it is by explicit text: "It is from the Sunnah that if a person enters the mosque and finds the imam bowing, he should bow where he is, then creep along until he joins the row."
The questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : Is this a hadith of my shaykh?
The Shaykh : It is in al-Hakim's al-Mustadrak.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And to you.
The questioner : The hadith with this wording?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ...
May Allah increase your eagerness! But do not do it again.
زادك الله حرصًا ولا تَعُدْ ، ولا تعدوThe student : In al-Hakim's al-Mustadrak, yes, yes.
Another student: Is this one or that one, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, it is this one; perhaps it is this one.
The questioner : ... Our Shaykh, are you saying there is an addition in it?
Another student: It is authentic.
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah.
The questioner : I thought the Shaykh meant to say something about it.
The student : He considers it a Sunnah.
Another student: Come closer to the table, O Shaykh.
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