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28 If a person whilst reading Tharawi at mosque needs to go to the toilet , and on his/her return the Imam has started a new set of Rakats or moved on to witr , what should you do ?
If you find that when you have come back, the Imam has :

NOT FINISHED THE FIRST RAKAT

If you join the Jamaat before the Imam has gone into ruku (after the first Rakat) then you can continue the namaz in Jamaat and finish the namaz when the Imam finishes it.

STARTED THE SECOND RAKAT OF THARAWI

You should join the Jamaat.
When the Imam finishes the namaz and says Aslamulaikum wa rahmutullah (turning his face towards the right shoulder) , and then repeats the same whilst turning to the left shoulder , you should not perform salaam but get up from the sitting position and read your own missed Rakat .

FINISHED THARAWI AND STARTED WITR OF ISHA PRAYER

In this case you shouldn’t read Witr behind the Imam (Even If you had read the Farz of Isha behind the Imam). You are required to complete the Tharawi Rakats missed, then read the remaining Witr on your own.

YOU FIND THAT ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE JOINED THE RAKATS OF THARAWI (WHILST YOU WAS AWAY) YOU HAVE MISSED A NUMBER OF RAKATS OF THARAWI

Here you would read behind the Imam until the Imam finishes the remaining Tharawi. Once the imam has finished his 20 Rakats, he will do Jamaat for Witr. Here you would read the Rakats you missed before reading Witr.

If after reading your missed Rakats, you find that the Imam is still doing Jamaat of Witr, then you should join the Jamaat.
(Bearing in mind that if you join Witr whilst some Rakats of Witr have already been read then once the Imam says salaam, you should stand up and complete the missed Rakats)
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