Does one who is in the mosque, then goes out to relieve himself and returns, pray the greeting of the mosque?
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Question:
He says: If a person is in the mosque and then leaves the mosque with the intention of returning—leaving for a need, for example to perform wudu, or to take something from the house or another place, and he intends to return—this is considered as if he remained in the mosque. If he enters, he does not pray two rak'ahs and sits, because he is considered to have remained in the mosque.
Answer:
He only left for a temporary circumstance that will end, and he will return, so he is considered to have remained in the mosque. If he prays two rak'ahs, that is better; there is no objection, no objection. But if he sits, there is also no objection, because he did not leave with the intention of parting, but with the intention of returning to the mosque, so he is considered to have remained in the mosque.
He says: If a person is in the mosque and then leaves the mosque with the intention of returning—leaving for a need, for example to perform wudu, or to take something from the house or another place, and he intends to return—this is considered as if he remained in the mosque. If he enters, he does not pray two rak'ahs and sits, because he is considered to have remained in the mosque.
Answer:
He only left for a temporary circumstance that will end, and he will return, so he is considered to have remained in the mosque. If he prays two rak'ahs, that is better; there is no objection, no objection. But if he sits, there is also no objection, because he did not leave with the intention of parting, but with the intention of returning to the mosque, so he is considered to have remained in the mosque.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يصلي تحية المسجد من كان في المسجد، ثم خرج لقضاء حاجة، وعاد؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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