Keeping Up With The Imam During Prayer
Brother Haseeb. When Imam is quiet, I am not sure if his recitation represents our recitation. Brother Irfan can verify that. The only thing I know is that we are supposed to do our own recitation and supplication keeping in mind to keep up with the imam. We have Sunnahs and Nafal prayers as part of each prayer that you can individually pray and then you can use as short or as long as you want to recite Quran and supplication. When we are with the group, the group is more important than the individual. So even if imam moves forward and you are not finished, you must cut off and finish your recitation and supplication to be with the group. On the other hand imam shouldn’t be so quick as to not give a reasonable time to anyone who want to do some recitation and supplication. Imam should not take so long as to put old and sick in discomfort and make people who need to attend business, anxious.