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11: PRAYERHariin, on his side, said 'Am,., which lakes the place of the invocation. 50,Allah, Exa ltrd be He, address.s both saying, ~ ••• Your ,upp/kation hal beenan,wered.» (Qur'an: Yunus: 89) This proves thal t he ont who says 'AmIM' afteran invocation is like that who s.ays Ihe invacalion.On the other hand, iflh. pmyer is .,ecrelly-recited or the one led in prayerdoes not hear Ih~ ,,,,dm, then he is to recite AI-FiJli!J.ah (Ihe Opening Chapterof the Quran). In Ihis wa)", all Ihe legal proofs (rdaled to that) accord wi lheach other, i.e. the one led in prayer must r«:ite A/-Faliuall in the se.retlyrecitedprayer bot he is not 10 reci'e i' in 'he publicly -recited prayer; andAllah knows best.One of the important rulings on the congregational prayer is thal il isobligalory on the one led in prayer to follow Ihe im~m compleld)" and Ihalil is prohibited for him 10 precede Ihe i"'~m. This is because the one ledin prayer must follow the i",am, and the follower is nOI to precede Ihe onefollowed. In this regard, AI-Bukh~ri and Muslim related that the Prophet(PBUH) ,aid:"Is lIe who mises his head before Ihe im~m IlOt afraid tha! Allahmay lrans/orm his head inlo Iilal of a don key or his figure (face)into tha! of a donkey?"'So the one who precedes Ih imam (in prayer) is like the donkey whichdoes not undersland Ih e wisdom behind whalever it dots. If one precedes the;m,;"" on. then d.serves to be punished. In a tabib (a uthentic) !J.adil/I, theProphel (PIlUH) says:"The imdm is appointed to befollowed; so do 1/01 bow until he /rowsand do not prostrau unlill.c proslmtes:'Im1m Ahmad and Abil Dilwild rel.te Ihat the Prophet (PBUH) said:"The ima m is appointed to IN followed; sa when he /rows, you shoulda/so bow. and do not bow ,mtil he bow,_ AI,a, ... hen he proslrales,you should 01", prostrare and do Mot prostmle umil he prostrates:'Th~ Companions of Ih~ Proph~t (PBUH ) used nol 10 bow Iheir backs 10pmstrale until the Prophet (PIlUH) prostraled. th en they would do Ihe same'·,When 'Umar Ibnul-Khalliib (may AlI,h be plea,ed wilh him) saw 3 manpreceding the imrlm in prayer. he beat him saying: