Prayer TimesIf a person catches up with the Friday prayer before the imam gives the salām, they are considered to have joined the prayer. After the imam gives the salām, this person completes their prayer on their own. However, someone who arrives at the mosque after the imam has given the salām is not considered to have joined the Friday prayer. (Kāsānī, Bedā’i, 1/267)
If a person catches one rak‘ah of the Friday prayer, after the imam gives the salām, they stand up and perform one more rak‘ah and then give the salām. In this rak‘ah performed alone, they recite Subhāneke, the basmala, al-Fātiha, and an additional surah or a few verses. If someone joins the imam during the tashahhud, after the imam gives the salām, they stand up and perform two rak‘ahs and then give the salām. In this way, they complete the Friday prayer. A person who does not catch the Friday prayer performs the regular noon (dhuhr) prayer for that day. If someone misses the Eid prayer, they have missed the prayer and do not need to perform any other prayer in its place.
According to the Mālikī and Shāfi‘ī schools, in order to be considered as having joined the Friday prayer, at least one rak‘ah must be performed with the imam. Accordingly, if someone joins the imam after he has risen from the rukū‘ of the second rak‘ah, they complete their prayer as the four rak‘ahs of the noon (dhuhr) prayer. (Shirbīnī, Mughnī’l-muhtāj, 1/567; Harašī, Sharh Muhtasar, 2/84)
Source: T.C. Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı, Din İşleri Yüksek Kurulu
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