Going Early to Friday Prayer and Bathing Before Fajr
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Question:
He says: If I go to the mosque before the Fajr prayer on Friday after I have bathed, and I do not return home until after the 'Asr prayer, is that sufficient?
Answer:
Yes, that is a good thing. Going early, this going early to Friday prayer. In the first part of the time, in the very first part of Friday, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever goes, or whoever goes to Friday prayerMuwatta Malik 5:1 Sunan an-Nasa'i 1388Sahih (Darussalam). Going early to Friday prayer is recommended.
So if you go and pray Fajr in the mosque, that is a good thing, and you stay until you pray Friday prayer in the mosque, in the mosque, that is a good thing. Yes. As for returning, you may return to your family whenever you wish. Yes.
He says: If I go to the mosque before the Fajr prayer on Friday after I have bathed, and I do not return home until after the 'Asr prayer, is that sufficient?
Answer:
Yes, that is a good thing. Going early, this going early to Friday prayer. In the first part of the time, in the very first part of Friday, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever goes, or whoever goes to Friday prayer
in the first part of the time, it is as if he had offered up a camel. If he goes in the second part of the time, it is as if he had offered up a cow. If he goes in the third
فِي السَّاعَةِ الأُولَى فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَّبَ بَدَنَةً وَمَنْ رَاحَ فِي السَّاعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَّبَ بَقَرَةً وَمَنْ رَاحَ فِي السَّاعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِit is as if he sacrificed a ram. Then the one who comes in the fourth hour, it is as if he sacrificed a chicken. Then the one who comes in the fifth hour, it is as if he sacrificed an egg.
فكأنما قرب كبشا. ومن راح في الساعة الرابعة فكأنما قرب دجاجة. من راح في الساعة الخامسة فكأنما قرب بيضةSo if you go and pray Fajr in the mosque, that is a good thing, and you stay until you pray Friday prayer in the mosque, in the mosque, that is a good thing. Yes. As for returning, you may return to your family whenever you wish. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين [25] — alfawzan.live (51:29)
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