Latecomer to Jamaat Prayer
Latecomer to Jamaat Prayer
If a person is late for Jamat and joins the Jamat after the prayer has begun, he should perform the prayer as follows:
• Join the Jamat by performing Takbeer-e-Tahreema (by saying Allah-o-Akbar, raising your hands to the ears and then folding and placing them below the navel).
Then you have one of the following options:
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Imam is in Qiyaam (standing) |
Imam is not in Qiyaam (standing) |
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– After performing Takbeer-e-Tahreema, keep standing with the Imam. – If the Imam is reading the Holy Quran aloud, do not read Thana. – Also, if you believe you have joined after the first Rakat, do not read Thana. |
– After performing Takbeer-e-Tahreema, stand just for a second and then by saying the Takbeer (Allah-o- Akbar), move into the position of the Imam. |
The rest of the prayer with the Imam will be read as usual.
• If you had joined the first Rakaat with the Imam, you will end your prayer with the Imam.
• However, if you missed the first Rakaat with the Imam, you will carry on reading the missed Rakaats after the Imam has ended his prayer.
• A Rakaat is found if the latecomer is able to join the Imam before or in Ruku.
• For instance, if the latecomer joins the Jamat when the Imam is in Sajda, then he has missed that Rakat and all the previous Rakaats.
If a person has missed a Rakaat, he should perform the prayer in the following way:
• When the Imam has sat down for the last Qa’ada, you must only read Tasha-hud (do not carry on reading Darood and Dua after Tasha-hud as this not your last Qa’ada).
• When the Imam performs Salam, do not perform Salam with the Imam.
• Instead, after the Imam has completed Salam to both sides, stand back up to read the missed Rakaats.
• If the latecomer performs Salam forgetfully after the Imam has performed Salam or has read Darood or Dua in the Tasha-hud, he must perform Sajda Sahv in his last sitting.
• When the latecomer stands back up to read his missed Rakaats, he should read Thana, Ta’awuz and Tasmia first.
• Now he must read the missed Rakaats in the same sequence and order as he would have read them with the Imam.
• The table shows what to read depending on whether you have missed 2, 3 or 4 rakaats.
• While the latecomer is performing his missed Rakaats, if he makes any mistakes, he needs to perform Sajda Sahv at his last Tasha-hud.
• In the Hanafi school, it is not valid for the latecomer to lead others in prayer, and thus the prayer of those who follow behind him is invalid.
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2 Rakaat Farz |
3 Rakaat Farz |
4 Rakaat Farz |
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Missed 1 Rakaats |
1. Recite Sana (Subhanakalluham….), Surah Fatiha and an additional Surah. 2. Then perform Ruku and Sajda, sit down and complete your Salah to the end, with Salam. |
1. Recite Sana (Subhanakalluham….), Surah Fatiha and an additional Surah. 2. Then perform Ruku and Sajda, sit down and complete your Salah to the end, with Salam. |
1. Recite Sana (Subhanakalluham….), Surah Fatiha and an additional Surah. 2. Then perform Ruku and Sajda, sit down and complete your Salah to the end, with Salam. |
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Missed 2 Rakaats |
1. Complete 2 Rakaats as if you were praying the full salaah on your own |
1. Recite Sana (Subhanakalluham….), Surah Fatiha and an additional Surah. 3. Then stand for your second unit. Read Surah Fatiha and a Surah with it. Then perform Ruku and Sajda, sit down and complete your Salah to the end, with Salam |
1. Recite Sana (Subhanakalluham….), Surah Fatiha and an additional Surah. 3. Read Surah Fatiha and a Surah with it. Then perform Ruku and Sajda, sit down and complete your Salah to the end, with Salam. |
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Missed 3 Rakaats |
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1. Complete 3 Rakaats as if you were praying the full salaah on your own |
1. Recite Sana (Subhanakalluham….), Surah Fatiha and an additional Surah. |
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Missed 4 Rakaats |
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1. Complete 4 Rakaats as if you were praying the full salaah on your own |
