Catching the imam in the last unit of the sunset prayer

A question from a latecomer who caught the imam in the last unit of the sunset prayer, in which Ibn Baz answered that after the imam's salutation he performs a second unit, sits after it for the first sitting, then rises for a third unit with al-Fatiha. ¹

The questioner said he arrived in the last unit of the sunset prayer and caught that unit and the final sitting with the imam, so that his own second unit fell at the place of the sitting; he asked how to complete his prayer. ¹

Ibn Baz answered that he sits after the second unit, which he performs after the imam's salutation, and recites the first sitting's formula, then rises and performs a third unit in which he recites al-Fatiha. ¹

This answer was published on binbaz.org.sa, the official site of Ibn Baz's legacy, as no. 4085 under the heading of congregational prayer, with no date on the page. ¹ The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.