Joining the Congregation in the Second Rak‘at
Issue No. 1256- If a person joins the congregation in the second rak‘at, he should recite qunūt and tashahhud with the imam, and the obligatory precaution is that when reciting tashahhud, he should crouch, meaning raise his knees and keep the fingers of his hands and the inner part of his feet on the ground. After the tashahhud he should stand up with the imam and recite sūrah al-fātiḥa and the other sūrah. However, if he does not have enough time for the following sūrah, he should complete sūrah al-fātiḥa and join the imam in rukū‘.
