Is there a sunnah (recommended practice) before or after the Friday prayer?

Question:
Is the pre-Friday sunnah (recommended practice) a bid'ah (religious innovation) or not?

Answer:
The Friday prayer has no sunnah (recommended practice) before it. However, if a Muslim comes to the mosque for the Friday prayer, he prays whatever is easy for him. This is not from the category of rawatib (the regular voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory ones), but rather from the category of absolute nafilah (a voluntary prayer). The minimum in this regard is the greeting of the mosque, as he said (peace and blessings be upon him): . And when the Friday prayer was commanded, and he was sitting, he was ordered to stand up and pray two rak'ahs (a unit of prayer). The rawatib (the regular voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory ones) for the Friday prayer are after it. The most is four rak'ahs (a unit of prayer) with two taslims (the closing salam of prayer), and the least is two rak'ahs (a unit of prayer). Some scholars say that if he prays it in the mosque, he prays four rak'ahs (a unit of prayer), and if he prays it in his house, he prays two rak'ahs (a unit of prayer), because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray two rak'ahs (a unit of prayer) after the Friday prayer in his house. Yes.