When one of you joins the prayer and finds the Imām in a certain position, he should do wh…

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Hadith text: When one of you joins the prayer and finds the Imām in…

عن علي بن أبي طالب، ومعاذ بن جبل رضي الله عنهما مرفوعًا: «إذا أتى أحدُكم الصلاةَ والإمامُ على حال، فلْيصنعْ كما يصنع الإمامُ».

Explanation of the hadith: When one of you joins the prayer and finds the Imām in…

If one of you joins the congregational prayer and finds the Imām in one of the four positions of prayer: standing up, bowing, prostrating, or sitting down, he has to do the same as the Imām immediately without waiting for the Imām to stand up like what laymen do.

Lessons: When one of you joins the prayer and finds the Imām in…

It is legitimate for a person coming late to prayer to join the Imām at any part of the prayer, with no difference between Rukū‘, prostration, or sitting.
Catching up a Rak‘ah with the Imām is realized by catching up its Rukū‘, as indicated by other Hadīths.

Categories : Jurisprudence of Acts of Worship · Prayer · Jurisprudence and Juristic Principles · Rulings of the Imam and Followers in Prayer

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Sat 3 Jumada al-Thani
السبت 3 جمادى الآخرة

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ ۚ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ صَلُّوا۟ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًا

God and His angels shower their blessings on the Prophet. O believers, you should also send your blessings on him, and salute him with a worthy greeting.

Al-Ahzab 33:56

Blessings on the Prophet ﷺ