Is it permissible to complete the 'Isha prayer with the intention of a supererogatory prayer behind an Imam who is praying Maghrib, or must one salam with him after the third rak'ah?
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You should have completed the prayer with four rak'ahs and not have made the with the Imam in the third rak'ah. This is because performing a voluntary prayer with three rak'ahs and repeating the Maghrib prayer is disliked (). The Maghrib prayer is not to be repeated, because a repeated prayer is a supererogatory act, and supererogatory acts are not performed with an odd number (witr). Furthermore, performing a voluntary prayer with three rak'ahs during the day has no basis in Islamic law (Shari'ah).
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