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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The beginning of the prayer for the one who joins late

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A message was received by the program from one of the listening brothers from Chad. He says: I am the questioner, Shu'ayb Adam, from the city of Mando in Chad. I submit to you two questions, hoping for your answer, may Allah guide you. The first question: If I joined the imam in the 'Isha' prayer, and that was in the last two rak'ahs, which are recited quietly, what do I do with the two rak'ahs that I missed? Do I recite in them quietly or aloud?
Answer: The correct view is that what the ma'mum catches up with the imam is the beginning of his prayer, and what he makes up is the end of it. This is the correct view, and it is the most accurate of the scholars' opinions. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
When the call is made for prayer come to it walking with tranquillity, and pray what you are in time for, and complete what you have missed.إذا أتيتم الصلاة فأتوها وعليكم السكينة، فما أدركتم فصلوا، وما فاتكم فأتموا
Sahih Muslim 602c
, and in the other wording:
So make up what you missedفاقضوا
, meaning "make up" in the sense of "complete." So, making up here means completing, in order to reconcile the two narrations. Also, the narration of "completing" is more numerous, and its meaning is clearer. This is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Then when you have completed the prayer, remember Allahفَإِذَا قَضَيْتُمُ الصَّلاةَ فَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ
[al-Nisa': 103], meaning: "you completed it":
And when you have completed your rites, remember Allahفَإِذَا قَضَيْتُمْ مَنَاسِكَكُمْ فَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ
[al-Baqarah: 200], meaning: "you completed." So, if one catches up with two rak'ahs of 'Isha', for example, or catches up with two rak'ahs of Maghrib, he makes up the rest according to the situation: if it is Maghrib, he makes up the second rak'ah with loud recitation and the third without loud recitation. And if it is 'Isha', he makes up both quietly without loud recitation, and it is sufficient to recite only al-Fatihah, because they are the end of his prayer. And praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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