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Should you cut short a sunnah prayer to join a congregational prayer?

Should you cut short a sunnah prayer to join a congregational prayer?
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November 01, 2024
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If you are praying and people are about to begin a fard salah in congregation, what should you do?

The priority is to join the congregational salah, but if you’re in the second rakah of your sunnah, you can complete it without cutting it short, as it’s unlikely to delay you beyond the fard salah. Aim to complete it promptly, avoiding any unnecessary prolonging, so you can join the congregation as soon as possible.

If you are praying four rakahs of sunnah, shorten it to two rakahs. If you are praying two rakahs, and finishing them would only mean missing the first rakah of the fard salah, complete your two rakahs quickly before joining the congregation.

Shaykh Haytham Tamim 3rd Nov 2024

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Shaykh Haytham Tamim is the founder and main teacher of the Utrujj Foundation. He has provided a leading vision for Islamic learning in the UK, which has influenced the way Islamic knowledge is disseminated. He has orchestrated the design and delivery of over 200 unique courses since Utrujj started in 2001. His extensive expertise spans over 30 years across the main Islamic jurisprudence schools of thought. He has studied with some of the foremost scholars in their expertise; he holds some of the highest Ijazahs (certificates) in Quran, Hadith (the Prophetic traditions) and Fiqh (Islamic rulings). His own gift for teaching was evident when he gave his first sermon to a large audience at the age of 17 and went on to serve as a senior lecturer of Islamic transactions and comparative jurisprudence at the Islamic University of Beirut (Shariah College). He has continued to teach; travelling around the UK, Europe and wider afield, and won the 2015 BISCA award (British Imams & Scholars Contributions & Achievements Awards) for Outstanding Contribution to Education and Teaching.

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