Mosque, when a newcomer joined him for Jamaah. My friend didn'tknow
what to do as he was offering the Sunnahand he knew that the new comer
was under the impression that he was offering fard. After the prayer
my friend was still in the Mosque when the new comer finished his
prayer and asked my friend why he had not been reading out loud as it
was MAghrib. My friend informed him that he had been reading the
Sunnah and therefore could not have read out loud. Could you please
clarify with daleel [prooffrom Hadith/Sunnah] as to what should be
done in such a situation where you are offering a Sunnah prayer and
someone joins you thinking its Fard?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
There is nothing wrong with one who is offeringan obligatory prayer
praying behind one whois offering a naafil prayer. It is proven that
Mu'aadh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray 'Isha'
with the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), thenhe
would go back to his people and lead them in praying 'Isha', and the
prayer was naafil for him and obligatory for them.
It was narrated that Jaabir ibn 'Abd-Allah (may Allah be pleased with
him) said: Mu'aadh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) used to
pray with the Prophet(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him),
thenhe would go to his people and lead them in prayer. And he would
recite al-Baqarah. … The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) said: "Recite 'By thesun and its brightness' [al-Shams 91:1], and
'Glorify the Name of yourLord, the Most High' [al-A'la 87:1] and the
like."
Narrated by al-Bukhaari (5755) and Muslim (465).
Al-Nawawi said:
In this hadeeth we see that it is permissible for one who is offering
an obligatory prayer to pray behind one who is offering a naafil
prayer, because Mu'aadh used to offer the obligatory prayer with the
Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), so he
discharged his duty, then he would pray the second time with his
people, so it was voluntary for him and obligatory for them. Thisis
stated clearly elsewhere than in Muslim, and this is permissible
according toal-Shaafa'i (may Allah have mercy on him) and others. End
quote.
Sharh Muslim, 4/181
Secondly:
There is nothing wrong with a person starting his prayer alone and
then becoming an imam when someone else joins him.
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
I stayed overnight with my maternal aunt. The Prophet (blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him) got up to pray at night and I got up to
pray with him. I stood on his left and he took hold of my head and
made me stand on his right.
Narrated by al-Bukhaari (667) and Muslim (763).
Imam al-Bukhaari included this report in a chapter entitled: If the
imam did not intend to lead others in prayer, then people join him so
he leads them in prayer.
And it was narrated that Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) was
praying in Ramadaan, and I came and stood beside him, and another man
came and stood too, until there was a group of us. When the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) realized that I was behind
him, he made hisprayer brief.
Narrated by Muslim (1104).
Some of the scholars said that it is permissibleto do this in naafil
prayers, but not in obligatory prayers. But the correct view is that
itis valid in both cases.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
The correct view is that that is permissible in both obligatory and
naafil prayers. End quote.
Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 22/258
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
But the correct view is that it is valid in both obligatory and naafil
prayers. With regard to naafil prayers, it is mentioned in the text;
with regard to obligatory prayers, whatis proven in the case of naafil
prayers is also proven with regard to obligatory prayers, unless there
is evidence to the contrary.
Al-Sharh al-Mumti', 2/304
Thirdly:
If a person starts to pray behind a man who has started to offer a
naafil prayer, as in the case asked about here, then the imam has the
choice as to whether he recites out loud or quietly. But if he
intended to lead the prayer from the outset, then he should recite out
loud, because of the hadeeth of Mu'aadh (may Allah be pleased with
him) quoted above.
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