A man following the Imam is fond of prolonging his last Sujood that at times the tasleem will be said before he rises from the sujood. His argument is that the prophet said that in the lsat sujood we should perfect prayers.What is the ruling regarding his salaat?
Praise be to Allaah.
It is not permissible for
the person who is praying behind the imaam to precede the imaam. It
is haraam for him to move before the imaam, or to lag behind him so
much that he misses the obligatory part of the prayer that comes next.
The Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) said, “The imaam has been appointed to be followed.
So when he says ‘Allaahu akbar,’ then say ‘Allaahu akbar,’ and when
he bows in rukoo’, then bow in rukoo’.” The conjunction fa’ (translated
here as ‘then’) implies following immediately, as is well known [in
Arabic grammar].
Shaykh ‘Abd al-Kareem
al-Khudayr
The idea of perfecting
the prayer does not contradict the idea of following the imaam, so long
as the imaam is unhurried in his prayer. There is no evidence for singling
out the last sujood and prolonging this sujood but not the others, and
it is not permitted to introduce innovations into the religion. And
Allaah knows best.
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