When is the regular voluntary prayer (rawatib) for the Friday prayer?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: What are the recommended practices (sunnah) before and after the Friday prayer?
Answer:
As for the Friday prayer, it has no regular voluntary prayer (rawatib) before it. Rather, whoever comes to pray whatever is easy for him does so as a purely voluntary prayer and as a greeting to the mosque, in the capacity of a greeting to the mosque and a purely voluntary prayer. As for after the Friday prayer, there is a regular voluntary prayer (rawatib) of which the minimum is two units (rak'ahs) and the maximum is four or six units. This is based on what came in the hadiths, and some scholars say that if he prays it in the mosque, he prays four or six, and if he prays it in his house, he prays two units, following the action of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes, it is reported that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Pray four units after the Friday prayer," and he used to pray two units in his house. So if you combine the two units with the four, how much does that make? It makes six. For this reason, they said the maximum for the regular voluntary prayer (rawatib) after the Friday prayer is four units or six units, with each two units concluded with a closing salam. If you wish, you may pray two or six, and the six is better. Some of them made a distinction, saying that if he prays in his house, he prays two units, and if he prays in the mosque, he prays four. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: What are the recommended practices (sunnah) before and after the Friday prayer?
Answer:
As for the Friday prayer, it has no regular voluntary prayer (rawatib) before it. Rather, whoever comes to pray whatever is easy for him does so as a purely voluntary prayer and as a greeting to the mosque, in the capacity of a greeting to the mosque and a purely voluntary prayer. As for after the Friday prayer, there is a regular voluntary prayer (rawatib) of which the minimum is two units (rak'ahs) and the maximum is four or six units. This is based on what came in the hadiths, and some scholars say that if he prays it in the mosque, he prays four or six, and if he prays it in his house, he prays two units, following the action of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes, it is reported that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Pray four units after the Friday prayer," and he used to pray two units in his house. So if you combine the two units with the four, how much does that make? It makes six. For this reason, they said the maximum for the regular voluntary prayer (rawatib) after the Friday prayer is four units or six units, with each two units concluded with a closing salam. If you wish, you may pray two or six, and the six is better. Some of them made a distinction, saying that if he prays in his house, he prays two units, and if he prays in the mosque, he prays four. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، متى تكون السنة الراتبة لصلاة الجمعة؟ #صالح_الفوزان — youtube.com
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