Is the prayer valid for someone who separated from his imam due to doubt about the validity of the imam's prayer, as the imam said one tasleem after the first tashahhud and then completed his prayer?
1. What the Imam did by completing the rak'ah after remembering the deficiency was correct, and it is not prescribed for him to make another tasleem because the prayer was not yet complete.
2. It is prescribed to say the takbeer when moving from the first to the third rak'ah, starting from the beginning of the movement and extending until one stands upright. This is the view of the majority of scholars.
3. The basic principle is the obligation for the ma'mum (follower) to follow his Imam. However, it may be permissible to separate due to an excuse. The guideline for this is: anything that permits abandoning the congregational prayer from the outset, or if the Imam omits a specific , or if the ma'mum cannot endure the length of the recitation due to weakness or preoccupation.
4. Doubt about the Imam's validity was not mentioned as a permissible excuse for separation. Your prayer is valid even if you separated from the Imam without an excuse.
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