“Whoever Catches the Imam in Rukūʿ”: Three Ḥadīths at Once, and the Question of Jābir al-Juʿfī

Answer

Three ḥadīths at once. Then Ḥaḍrat said: let these subtleties be for minds of another cast; I shall ask you something simpler. If you come to the mosque at a moment when the imam is already in rukūʿ, and it is the first rakʿat — will you join the imam or not?

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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