A traveller and a resident leading each other in prayer

6-5-2007 | IslamWeb

Question:

Asalaam o alaykum wa rahmatullah, Me and this other guy i work with try to prey in jamaat for zuhr salah, but the problem is he is on a journey so he reads 2 rakahs and i am not so i read full salah meaning 4 rakahs, who should lead the jamaat?. Jazak Allah Khair Hamza

Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

 

It is permissible for both a resident and a traveller to lead one another in prayer. However, if a resident leads the traveller in prayer, then the traveller must continue the prayer with him as the Prophet  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) said: The Imaam (leading the prayer) is there to be followed.Nonetheless, if the traveller leads the prayer and shortens it, the resident is obliged to continue his remaining parts of the normal prayer when the traveller concludes his prayer.

As regards whom amongst them is more deserving to lead the prayer, then An-Nawawi  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him from the Shaafi'i School of jurisprudence and Ibn Al-Muflih  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him from the Hanbali School of jurisprudence stated that it is more proper for the resident to lead the prayer.

Allaah Knows best.

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