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How does the traveler pray behind a resident imam?

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Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

If I am musafir and pray, for example, Asr behind a muqeem Imam, do I read 4 or do I separate from the jama’ah and perform 2 raka’ah?

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,

The follower follows the imam in the number of rakats prayer, as explained in the attached answer.

Wassalam,

Faraz Rabbani
faraz@sunnipath.com
hanafi@sunnipath.com 

Imam Abu Hanifa (Allah have mercy on him) said, “Fiqh is to know one’s self: what is for it and against it.”

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