the imam. He then performs the third rak‘ah, reciting al-Fātihah alone, and stands without sitting, because it is the third rak‘ah he has performed. He then performs the fourth rak‘ah, again reciting al-Fātihah alone, and sits, recites the tashahhud, and gives the salutation.

If he missed the first rak‘ah with the imam, prayed the second with him, suffered a nosebleed during the third, and caught the fourth with him, he must make up the first and third rak‘ahs. He begins by making up the first, reciting al-Fātihah and another surah, and then stands, because it is the third rak‘ah he has performed. He then performs the third rak‘ah, reciting al-Fātihah alone, and sits, recites the tashahhud, and gives the salutation. This was stated by Ibn Habīb. He did not say that the man should first complete the third rak‘ah, during which he suffered the nosebleed, continuing from the second rak‘ah that he prayed with the imam, in accordance with his principle of giving precedence to completing the remainder over making up what was missed. This is because the fourth rak‘ah, which he caught with the imam, intervened and prevented him from continuing directly from the second.

According to the view that making up what was missed takes precedence over completing the remainder, there is no difficulty concerning the correctness of this answer in this case. Since he can no longer resume directly from where he left off, and both rak‘ahs must be made up, he must begin by making up the first before the third. In al-Majmū‘a, however, Sahnūn is reported to have said that he makes up the third rak‘ah, reciting al-Fātihah alone, before the first. This contradicts his principle and is far removed from his stated position.

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The rulings concerning someone who suffers a nosebleed while praying behind the imam are the same for Friday prayer and other prayers, except in two cases.

The first is when he suffers a nosebleed during Friday prayer after praying one rak‘ah with the imam, and does not finish washing off the blood until the imam has completed his prayer. He may perform the second rak‘ah only in the mosque where he began the prayer, because Friday prayer may be performed only in a mosque. If a watercourse or some insurmountable circumstance prevents him from returning to the mosque, he adds a rak‘ah to it and prays Zuhr as four rak‘ahs. This was stated by al-Mughīrah.

The second is when he suffers a nosebleed before completing one rak‘ah, including both prostrations, with the imam, and does not finish washing off the blood until the imam has completed his prayer. He does not continue the prayer he began with the imam by completing two rak‘ahs; rather, he prays four rak‘ahs where he is, according to those who hold that one may resume Friday prayer on the basis of its opening takbīr. The disagreement concerning this has already been mentioned. Allah alone grants success.