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    Question ID: 163937Country: India

    Title: If I am in Qasr and I am offering namaz behind the Imam then how many rakats will be offered by me: 2 or 4 rakats.

    Question: If I am in Qasr and I am offering namaz behind the Imam then how many rakats will be offered by me: 2 or 4 rakats.

    Answer ID: 163937

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 1244/1001/B=11/1439)

     

    Salah will be offered as per the Imam; if the imam is musafir then two rakah and if he is muqim then four rakah will be offered behind him.

     

    صلى الفرض الرباعي ركعتين (تنوير الابصار: 603) قال الحصكفي: وأما اقتداء المسافر بالمقيم فيصح في الوقت ويتم لا بعده (در مختار 2/612، زكريا ديوبند)

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India