Should A Person Who Was Late To Attend The Congregation Recite Iqamat While Performing Prayer Individually At A Mosque?
Should a person who was late to attend the congregation recite iqamat while performing prayer individually at a mosque?
Those who enter a mosque in order to establish the fardh prayer of that time do not need to recite iqamat again no matter if they will establish prayer with or without congregation. Nevertheless, it will be more virtuous to establish prayer by reciting adhan and iqamat at masjids and mosques where five-time prayers are not established regularly (Alauddin, al-Hadiyya al-‘Alaiyya, p. 71), but reciting iqamat alone will be enough. On the other hand, by contrast with this approach of Hanafis, many other schools say that it is mandub to recite iqamat in both situations.
Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWAS
