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

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Authenticity grade : Authentic hadith

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».

‘Ali ibn Abi Tālib and Mu‘ādh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with both of them) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you joins the prayer and finds the Imām in a certain position, he should do what the Imām is doing."

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

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 : Rulings of the Imam and Followers in Prayer