The ruling on greeting the mosque for one who went out for a need
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Salem says: A man went out of the mosque for a need, such as going out to drink water, and then returned. Is he required to pray two rak'ahs as a greeting to the mosque?
Answer:
No, no, he is not required to. In fact, greeting the mosque is not obligatory; it is a recommended practice (sunnah). It is only prescribed for the one who enters the mosque intending to sit in it; he should not sit until he prays two rak'ahs. As for the one who went out with the intention of returning, he is in the ruling of the one who remained in the mosque; he does not pray when he comes back. The prayer he prayed when he first entered, the first entry, is sufficient.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Salem says: A man went out of the mosque for a need, such as going out to drink water, and then returned. Is he required to pray two rak'ahs as a greeting to the mosque?
Answer:
No, no, he is not required to. In fact, greeting the mosque is not obligatory; it is a recommended practice (sunnah). It is only prescribed for the one who enters the mosque intending to sit in it; he should not sit until he prays two rak'ahs. As for the one who went out with the intention of returning, he is in the ruling of the one who remained in the mosque; he does not pray when he comes back. The prayer he prayed when he first entered, the first entry, is sufficient.
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