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If the Imam is a resident imam and is praying full then you must follow him & pray in full and after you conclude the dhuhr, you can combine Asr (2 rakahs) to it.

QUESTION: If i as a traveller joins a imam at the start or in the middle of a prayer and i want to pray zuhur and asr, should i pray 4 rakahs of zuhur with the imam or can i give salam after 2 rakahs then stand up to pray asr?

Prayer | March 31, 2026 11:45 am
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QUESTION: I came across a statement attributed to Shaykh Ibn ʿUthaymīn in [Tafsir Sūrat al-Mā’idah by Sheikh Ibn ʿUthaymin p.403] indicating that one who abandons prayer or commits clear acts of kufr is treated and even declared a disbeliever by name outwardly. However, in other places he states that takfīr of a specific individual requires establishing proof. and how are these statements reconciled?