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How does one complete the 'Eid al-Adha prayer if they caught the second rak'ah during the recitation?

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Source: FtawySummarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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What the latecomer catches of his prayer with the Imam is its beginning. Therefore, whoever misses the first rak'ah of the Eid prayer should stand up and perform the second rak'ah in its prescribed manner, with five takbeers before the recitation.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 2026

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