the reports in the preceding section. This is also because he is a follower of him, so it is not appropriate for him to precede him, just as in the Opening Takbir. If he precedes his Imam, he is obligated to return to the state [of the Imam] so that he may perform that action while following his Imam. It has been narrated from Umar that he said: "If one of you raises his head while the Imam is prostrating, he should prostrate [again], and if the Imam raises his head (10), he should remain as he was before raising his head." If he does not do so until the Imam catches up with him by mistake or out of ignorance, there is nothing upon him, because this is a slight precedence. If he precedes his Imam intentionally while aware of its prohibition, then Ahmad said in his Risalah (11): "The one who precedes the Imam has no prayer," due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "Does one who raises his head before the Imam not fear that Allah might turn his head into the head of a donkey?" (12). If his prayer were valid, he would have hoped for reward for him, and would not have feared punishment for him. It is narrated from Ibn Mas'ud that he looked at someone who preceded the Imam and said: "You have neither prayed alone, nor have you followed your Imam." Similar to this is narrated from Ibn Umar, who said: "And he ordered him to repeat it." This is because he did not perform the pillar while following his Imam, so it is similar to if he had preceded him in the Opening Takbir or the Taslim. Ibn Hamid said: "There are two opinions regarding this." The Qadi said: "In my view, his prayer is valid, because he joined him in the pillar, so his prayer is valid, just as if he had bowed (13) with him from the beginning."

Section: If he bows and rises before his Imam's bowing, then Abu al-Khattab said: "If he did it intentionally, does his prayer become void? There are two opinions on this, because he preceded him by one pillar, so it is similar to if he had merely bowed before him." If he did it by mistake, his prayer is valid. And is that rak'ah counted? There are two narrations regarding this.