The ruling on one who leaves off the greeting of the mosque
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. From al-Zulfi, the listener Abdullah ibn Ahmad sent a question, saying: If I enter the mosque and remain standing, either to listen to a lecture or something else, and I do not sit, have I disobeyed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when he said, “When one of you enters the mosque, let him not sit until he prays two rak’ahs”?
Answer:
You are not considered a disobedient person to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in this, because you did not sit. However, what is better and more preferable for you is to pray two rak’ahs and then sit. Do not burden yourself with standing and deprive yourself of the reward of prayer and the following of the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). It is better for you to pray two rak’ahs and sit to listen to the dhikr and the benefit, so that you obtain benefits: first, the reward of the prayer; second, comfort in your body and tranquility, because the one who sits is at ease; and third, and this may be the most important, acting upon the Sunnah, the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and reviving it. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. From al-Zulfi, the listener Abdullah ibn Ahmad sent a question, saying: If I enter the mosque and remain standing, either to listen to a lecture or something else, and I do not sit, have I disobeyed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when he said, “When one of you enters the mosque, let him not sit until he prays two rak’ahs”?
Answer:
You are not considered a disobedient person to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in this, because you did not sit. However, what is better and more preferable for you is to pray two rak’ahs and then sit. Do not burden yourself with standing and deprive yourself of the reward of prayer and the following of the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). It is better for you to pray two rak’ahs and sit to listen to the dhikr and the benefit, so that you obtain benefits: first, the reward of the prayer; second, comfort in your body and tranquility, because the one who sits is at ease; and third, and this may be the most important, acting upon the Sunnah, the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and reviving it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4177- حكم من ترك تحية المسجد - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
