Following a Shafi‘i Imam in Disputed Issues

Question

(1) Behind an imam of the Shafi‘i school, should a Hanafi follower (muqtadi) perform the prostration of recitation (sajdat al-tilawa) at the second prostration of Surat al-Hajj or not? Also, in Surat Sad the Shafi‘i imam will not prostrate — should the follower prostrate at that moment, or afterwards, or has it lapsed? (2) Also, should he recite the qunut in Fajr along with the Hanafi imam or not? If he recited it, will the prayer not become fasid (invalid)? (3)

Answer

In following the imam, the follower should perform the second prostration of Surat al-Hajj. [ar]وظاهره أنه (أي المؤتم) يتبعه (أي الإمام) فيها (أي في ثانية الحج) لو كان في الصلاة لكونه تابعًا تحقيقًا، أفاده ط[/ar] “Its apparent sense is that he (i.e. the follower) follows him (i.e. the imam) in it (i.e. in the second [prostration] of al-Hajj)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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