Assalam-o-Alikum What is the procedure if somebody joins jaamat in the middle, and how many raakaats he has to pray. e.g. 1) if he joins a namaz in 2nd raakat of a 4 raakat namaz and he joins AFTER ruku but BEFORE sijda. How many raakat he will pray after this raakat (4 or 3). 2) if he joins a namaz in 2nd raakat of a 4 raakat namaz and he joins AFTER sijda. How many raakat he will pray after this raakat (4 or 3). 3) If somebody joins in middle after niyaat and Takbeer what dua he has to recite before joining jamaat ? If their is any procedure that can explain in detail what a muslium has to do when he joins a jaamaat namaz in middle, and also give answers to the above questions. Jazak-Allah
1. 3 Rakaats.
2. 3 Rakaats
3. He just has to make Niyyat and Takbeer and join the Jamaat.
and Allah Ta’ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai