What are the cases in the Maliki school of thought where a ma'mum (follower in prayer) continues their prayer with their imam (leader), then repeats it after the imam's salutation? And by what are the people in these cases known?
The "prisoners of the Imam" in the Maliki school are of four types, as mentioned by An-Nafrawi: he who performs the witr prayer behind the Imam during the dawn prayer, he who laughs with the Imam and is unable to stop, he who intentionally does not say the opening takbeer (takbeerat al-ihram) intending thereby the bowing, and he who blows air during prayer intentionally or unknowingly behind the Imam.
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