سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُدْرِكُ الرَّكْعَةَ الثَّانِيَةَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ مَعَ الْإِمَامِ وَ هِيَ لَهُ الْأُولَى كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ إِذَا جَلَسَ الْإِمَامُ قَالَ يَتَجَافَى وَ لَا يَتَمَكَّنُ مِنَ الْقُعُودِ فَإِذَا كَانَتِ الثَّالِثَةُ لِلْإِمَامِ وَ هِيَ لَهُ الثَّانِيَةُ فَلْيَلْبَثْ قَلِيلًا إِذَا قَامَ الْإِمَامُ بِقَدْرِ مَا يَتَشَهَّدُ ثُمَّ يَلْحَقُ بِالْإِمَامِ قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الَّذِي يُدْرِكُ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَخِيرَتَيْنِ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فَقَالَ اقْرَأْ فِيهِمَا فَإِنَّهُمَا لَكَ الْأُولَيَانِ وَ لَا تَجْعَلْ أَوَّلَ صَلَاتِكَ آخِرَهَا .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Safwan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the man who attains the second <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span> from the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> with the Imam, and it is the first for himself. How should he deal with it when the Imam sits?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He should withdraw and not sit fixedly. So when it was the third (<span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span>) for the Imam and it is the second for him, so let him wait a little when the Imam stands, when he can perform <span class="iTxt">Tashahhud</span> with. The he should catch up with the Imam’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the one who attains the last two <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span> from the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, how should they deal with the recitation’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Recite (himself) in these two, for these two would be the first two for you, and not make the beginning of your <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> to be its end’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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