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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Greeting the mosque prayer after Fajr in the time of prohibition

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Question:
The questioner says: Among the times when prayer is prohibited is the period after the salam of the Fajr prayer until the sun rises. Is it permissible for us to pray the greeting of the mosque (Tahiyyat al-Masjid) given that we are present for the lectures?

Answer:
By Allah, this is a matter of scholarly disagreement, and the disagreement is strong. If a person enters the mosque intending to sit during the time of prohibition, there is a hadith in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said
If anyone of you enters a Mosque, he should not sit until he has offered a tworak` at prayer.إذا دخل أحدكم المسجد فلا يجلس حتى يصلي ركعتين
Sahih al-Bukhari 1167
. This is general for all times, so one prays. But it is contradicted by another hadith in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade prayer after Fajr until the sun rises. The prohibition takes precedence over the permission, as they say.
The greeting of the mosque prayer is not an obligation; it is a voluntary prayer, so you sit. In any case, if you act on the command and pray, no one will blame you, and if you act on the prohibition and sit, no one will blame you. There is leeway in this matter, so do not be strict about it.
The scholars differed on this. Do the matters with causes take precedence, or do they not? This is a case of the conflict of two general rulings among the jurists: the general prohibition and the general command. Whoever gives precedence to the general command says one prays, and whoever gives precedence to the general prohibition says one does not pray. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 03 من 05/ دورة علمية في شرح كتاب الصيام من بلوغ المرام / جماع الصائم/ صالح الفوزان / الفقه — youtube.com (39:35)

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