and the supplication until they have finished the two rak'ahs, then he performs the tashahhud and delivers the taslim with them. As for the first group, they only recite the Fatiha alone in the two rak'ahs after separating from their Imam, because it is the end of their prayer. Their Imam had already recited the surah with it in the first two rak'ahs. The manifest view of the school (Madhhab) is that what the second group makes up is the beginning of their prayer, so according to this, they should perform the opening supplication (istiftah) when they separate from their Imam, seek refuge in Allah (ta'awwudh), and recite the Fatiha and a surah. It has been narrated that it is the end of their prayer, the implication of which is that they should not perform the opening supplication, nor seek refuge, nor recite a surah. In any case, it is appropriate for them to be brief; if they recite a surah, let it be from the briefest of surahs, or they may recite an ayah or two from a surah. It is appropriate for the Imam not to hasten with the taslim until the majority of them have finished the tashahhud; if he delivers the taslim before some of them have finished, they should complete their tashahhud and then deliver the taslim.

Section: There is a difference of opinion regarding what the masbuq (one who joins the prayer late) makes up. It was narrated that it is the beginning of his prayer, and what he catches with the Imam is the end of it. This is the manifest view of the school. Similarly, it was said by Ibn Umar, Mujahid, Ibn Sirin, Malik, and Al-Thawri. It was also narrated from Al-Shafi'i, Abu Hanifah, Abu Yusuf, and Al-Hasan ibn Hay. It was narrated from Ahmad that what he makes up is the end of his prayer. This view was held by Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, Al-Hasan, Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, Makhul, 'Ata', Al-Zuhri, Al-Awza'i, Ishaq, Al-Muzani, and Abu Thawr. This is also the view of Al-Shafi'i and a narration from Malik, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "And whatever you miss, then complete it." (Agreed upon). Also, because it is the end of his prayer in reality, so it is the end of it in legal ruling, just like one who is not a masbuq. Additionally, he performs the tashahhud at the end of what he makes up and then delivers the taslim; if it were the beginning of his prayer, he would not perform the tashahhud, and his tashahhud with the Imam would have sufficed him. The first narration relies on the Prophet's saying: "And whatever you miss, then make it up." This is authentic, and also because it is called qada' (making up), and qada' is for that which was missed, and what was missed is the beginning of the prayer. The meaning of his saying "then complete it" is "make it up," because making up is completing; that is why he called it missed, and the missed part is the beginning of the prayer, and also because he recites.