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

Question:
We conclude this episode with this question. The questioner says: What is the ruling on the two rak'ahs of the greeting prayer of the mosque when a man enters the mosque during the prohibited times, and what are the prohibited times?

Answer:
Prayer is prohibited during the specific times mentioned in the hadith: and from the time the sun rises in the middle of the sky until it passes its zenith, and from the time of the 'Asr prayer until the sun sets. These are the times during which voluntary prayer is prohibited. Scholars have differed regarding prayers with a specific cause if they occur during a prohibited time, such as the greeting prayer of the mosque, whose cause is entering the mosque to sit in it. It is said: Scholars have differed on this matter. Some prioritized the hadith of prohibition and forbade it, while some prioritized the hadith commanding the greeting prayer of the mosque and permitted it. The issue is a matter of ijtihad (independent legal reasoning), and one is not to be censured for performing it, nor for leaving it, because each side has evidence. Yes.