Discover the meaning of the term Al-msbwq (مسبوق) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 2 min readHe is the one who joined the imam after a rak'a or more and who recites in what he makes up, like his imam's recitation: the Fatiha and the sura; for what he makes up is the first of his prayer in respect of the pillars.
The one who did not catch the first rak'a with the imam; he has many rulings.
He is the one who joined the imam after a rak'a or more and who recites in what he makes up, like his imam's recitation: the Fatiha and the sura, for what he makes up is the first of his prayer in respect of the pillars.
With the Hanafis: the one who joined the imam after a rak'a or more. With the Shafi'is: the one whose entering the state of consecration (ihram) came after the imam's ihram in the first rak'a, or his takbir in the rak'as after it, even if he catches the standing for the length of the Fatiha or more.
The one whose time between his takbir and his imam's bowing does not suffice for reciting the Fatiha.
The one whom the imam preceded in all the prayer's rak'as or in some of them; or the one who joined the imam after a rak'a or more.