Missed rakah in prayer.
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Dear
Bro. Thank u V. much for your yeoman service, may Allah subhanawataAala, accept
& reward u for that. i need a small clarification about "Offering
missed Rakah's of Namaaz, while joining the jama'h , while the Namaaz is in
progress"
Ex. If joined the Namaaz in the last rakah with Imaam, of a
in this situation does one has to offer the missed two rakah's , together with
a surah after Alhamd, or what is the correct procedure. Please enlighten.
Thank u v. much
Jazakallah
khair.
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Answer:
Missed rakah in
prayer
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Your
Question: .Ex. If joined the Namaaz in the last rakah with Imaam, of a
Abu Hurairah reports that the Messenger of
Allah (saws) said: "If you come to the salah and we are in sajdah,
then make sajdah with us but do not count it [as a rakah]. And whoever
'catches' the ruku', he catches the (rakah of) salah."
Related by Abu Dawud, Ibn Khuzaimah, and
al-Hakim.
If one happens to join a Magrib prayer in congregation
and catches only the last (or third) rakah of the prayer, one should follow
the imam leading the prayer until he declares the tasleem to end his
prayer, then stand up and complete the number of rakahs one has missed for
that particular prayer.
Thus if one catches the last (or third) rakah of the
Magrib prayer, that would be considered ones first rakah. After the declarations of the tasleems of
the imam, one should
- stand
up, pray one rakah and recite Surah Al-Fatihah and another Surah, (and
this rakah would be counted as the second rakah of their Magrib
prayer)
- then
sit down and offer the small tashahud
- then
stand up and offer another rakah reciting only the Surah al-Fatihah in
it; and this would be their third and last rakah of their Magrib prayer.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allahs Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan