Performing Fardh Salaah behind someone performing Sunnah or Nafl Salaah

19 Mar 2013 · 7 Jumada I 1434 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

If one wants to pray a Fardh Salah in Jamaat, can one join a person who is praying a Sunnah Salah? What if one joins a person who is praying a Sunnah salah, but you mistakenly assumed that he is praying a Fardh?

Answer

Performing fardh behind someone who is performing sunnah is impermissible. Hence the Salaah will be invalid.

After one comes to know that one has performed the fardh behind someone performing nafil or sunnat, one should repeat the fardh.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

ولا يصلي المفترض خلف المتنفل لأن الاقتداء بناء ووصف الفرضية معدوم في حق الإمام فلا يتحقق البناء على المعدوم قال ولا من يصلي فرضا خلف من يصلي فرضا آخر لأن الاقتداء شركة وموافقة فلا بد من الاتحاد وعند الشافعي رحمه الله تعالى يصح في جميع ذلك لأن الاقتداء عنده أداء على سبيل الموافقة وعندنا معنى التضمن مراعى ويصلي المتنفل خلف المفترض لأن الحاجة في حقه إلى أصل الصلاة وهو موجود في حق الإمام فيتحقق البناء (هداية 1/127)

Answered by: Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by: Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

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