{"_id":"6a7220fa8b1210e8fac1d0ce","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Can someone become the imam after starting the prayer alone?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"According to the Shafiʿi school, if a person begins an obligatory prayer alone without intending to be the imam, and another person joins him intending to follow him, may the first person then form the intention of becoming the imam and continue the prayer as a congregational prayer?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Yes. The first person should add the intention of jamāʿah (congregation) to his prayer when the second person, who is the follower, joins him. He then continues with his prayer without interruption.\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff20b76658b4c2329d9","tag":"Worship: Intention","count":115},{"_id":"668d9fe60b76658b4c232875","tag":"Salah: Congregational","count":99}],"createdOn":"2026-08-04T17:27:22.292Z"}