Now consider a different worshipper: a Lahiq1, not a late joiner.
The person joined with the imam at the beginning. Then:
• sleep interrupted the prayer, and the person awoke after the imam's Salam; or
• ablution broke, and the person returned from renewing it after the imam had completed the prayer.
In the case being explained, the person completes the remaining prayer within its time, following the imam's status and without recitation, as a follower does.
1. Lahiq: a worshipper who joined from the beginning but then missed part because of an interruption of the kind described here.
- An Interruption After Joining from the Start