A man crowded out on Friday who cannot pray until the imam has finished

Qatadah said about a man who begins the prayer with the imam on Friday but (because of the crowd) is unable to bow or prostrate until the imam ends the prayer: Al-Hasan and Ibrahim used to say that he should pray two rak'ahs, meaning on Friday.

Ibn Ulayyah said: Yunus was asked: If a man bows twice on Friday but is unable to prostrate until the imam ends the prayer, what should he do? Yunus said: I was told from al-Hasan that he should perform two prostrations, then stand up and make up the first rak'ah.

Ibn Awn said: A man said to Nafi': If, because of the crowd on Friday, I am unable to bow and prostrate, what should I do? He said: If that happened to me, I would pray by gesturing.

Al-Zuhri said: When you are caught in the crowd on Friday and are unable to prostrate, then wait; when the people stand up, then prostrate.