A traveller and a resident leading each other in prayer
6-5-2007 | IslamWeb
Question:
Asalaam o alaykum wa rahmatullah, Me and this other guy i work with try to prey in jamaat for zuhr salah, but the problem is he is on a journey so he reads 2 rakahs and i am not so i read full salah meaning 4 rakahs, who should lead the jamaat?. Jazak Allah Khair Hamza
Answer:
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
It is permissible for both a resident and a traveller to lead one another in prayer. However, if a resident leads the traveller in prayer, then the traveller must continue the prayer with him as the Prophet said: “The Imaam (leading the prayer) is there to be followed.” Nonetheless, if the traveller leads the prayer and shortens it, the resident is obliged to continue his remaining parts of the normal prayer when the traveller concludes his prayer.
As regards whom amongst them is more deserving to lead the prayer, then An-Nawawi 
from the Shaafi'i School of jurisprudence and Ibn Al-Muflih from the Hanbali School of jurisprudence stated that it is more proper for the resident to lead the prayer.