A man who enters the mosque when the prayer has already passed him

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: Whoever enters the mosque when the congregation has already finished should first pray the obligatory prayer.

Ibrahim said: He should first pray the obligatory prayer.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: He should first pray the obligatory prayer.

Al-Sha'bi said: He should first pray the prayer for which he went.

Al-Sha'bi said: Pray the obligatory prayer first.

Ibrahim said: Pray the obligatory prayer first.

Aflah said: Al-Qasim and I came to the mosque, and the people had already prayed. He first performed the obligatory prayer.

Al-Hakam said: The predecessors used to pray the obligatory prayer first.

Al-Hakam said: The predecessors used to pray the obligatory prayer first.

And Abu Ishaq said: The predecessors used to pray the obligatory prayer first.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The example of a person who comes to the mosque when the congregation has already finished and occupies himself with voluntary prayers is like that of a person who busies himself with performing Umrah before performing Hajj.

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla said: First pray the prayer for which you have come.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked: If a person comes to the mosque when the congregation has already finished, may he first pray voluntary prayers? He said: This would be like a person who starts performing Umrah before performing Hajj.