The ruling on the greeting prayer of the mosque during the prohibited times

Question:
The questioner asked the Shaykh: What is the ruling on the greeting prayer of the mosque (Tahiyyat al-Masjid) during the prohibited times for prayer, if one has already completed it?

Answer:
Yes, there is scholarly disagreement on this issue. If a person enters the mosque during a prohibited time, for example after the Asr prayer or after the Fajr prayer, scholars differ on the ruling. Some scholars prohibit prayer during this time due to the general prohibition, while others hold that one should perform the greeting prayer of the mosque based on the general command in the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) statement: . They said that this command is general for all times; the command is general, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not exclude anything. They also said that this is one of the prayers with a specific cause. The greeting prayer of the mosque is among the prayers with a specific cause that are performed when their cause is present, at any time, such as the eclipse prayer, the funeral prayer, the greeting prayer of the mosque, and the two rak'ahs of tawaf. All of these are prayers with a specific cause; when the cause is present, the prayer is performed. This is the correct view, or rather, the correct view is that the greeting prayer of the mosque is performed during the prohibited time because it is one of the prayers with a specific cause, like the eclipse prayer. Yes.