What is the ruling on praying the greeting of the mosque after the 'Asr prayer?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: If I enter the mosque after the 'Asr prayer, is it permissible for me to pray the greeting, even though it is a time of prohibition? This is a matter of strong disagreement. Whoever prioritizes the generality of his saying considers this to be among those with causes, for he

Answer:
prays this. This is the view of many of the most precise scholars of knowledge, such as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim. And if one prioritizes the generality of the prohibition of prayer after 'Asr and sits, there is no blame on him, because this is the view of many groups of scholars of knowledge. So this is a conflict of two generalities: the generality of the command to pray upon entering the mosque at any time, and the generality of the prohibition of all voluntary prayers in the times of prohibition. So some prioritize the generality of the prohibition of voluntary prayers, and some prioritize the generality of the command, or the generality of the prohibition of sitting. So the issue is one of disagreement, and a strong disagreement. So whoever prays, he is not censured, and whoever sits, he is not censured; because each one has a basis. Yes.