Does the Follower Say Allah Akbar behind the Imam?
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch
Question
Does the follower say Allah Akbar when the Imam goes in to the prostration and when he stands up to the second unit of prayer?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
Yes. It is an emphasized Sunna for the follower to say Allah Akbar for each transition, just as it is for the Imam. [Tahtawi/Shurunbulali, Hashiyat Maraqi al-Falah]
Hope this helps
Allah knows best
[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Shaykh Yusuf Weltch teaches Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he completed four years at the Darul Uloom Seminary in New York, where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences.
He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he studied for three years in Dar al-Mustafa under some of the most outstanding scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib.
In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Quran and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Quranic exegesis, Islamic history, and several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.
