Are there recommended practices (sunnah) before and after the Friday prayer?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Are there recommended practices (sunnah) before and after the Friday prayer, and what is their number?

Answer:
It has no regular recommended practices (rawatib) before it. However, if one comes early, he prays whatever voluntary prayers (nafilah) he can. If he continues praying until the imam arrives, that is better. Or he may pray and then sit to recite the Qur'an or remember Allah; there is nothing wrong with that. The matter is broad in this regard. If one enters on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon, he should not sit until he prays two rak'ahs, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said when he saw a man enter while he was delivering the sermon. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sat and said to him, "Stand up and pray two rak'ahs." Yes. As for its regular recommended practices (rawatib), they are after it. The regular recommended practice (rawatib) after the Friday prayer is a minimum of two rak'ahs and a maximum of four rak'ahs with two taslims. Yes.