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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on sitting before the greeting prayer of the mosque

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Question:
A shaykh enters the mosque, and some of the brothers come to the mosque a few minutes before the adhan, so he sits on a backrest in the manner of a chair. This is mentioned in the prohibition of sitting on a cushion before the greeting prayer of the mosque.

Answer:
Yes, when one enters the mosque, he prays two rak'ahs before sitting, whether he sits on a cushion or sits without a cushion. He does not sit until he prays two rak'ahs, due to the generality of the hadith. What is specific to the cushion?
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 70 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الجنايات|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:14:53)

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