The ruling on the pre-Friday sunnah prayer
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Question:
He asks, Shaykh, in his second question: What is the ruling on the pre-Friday sunnah prayer?
Answer:
The Friday prayer has no sunnah before it. However, if a person arrives before the imam enters, he should pray at least the greeting of the mosque, which is two rak'ahs. Then he sits and waits for the imam to arrive. If he prays from the time the imam enters until the imam arrives, that is better. This is purely voluntary. As for the rawatib of the Friday prayer, they are after it; the minimum is two rak'ahs and the maximum is six rak'ahs, with a taslim after every two rak'ahs. Yes.
He asks, Shaykh, in his second question: What is the ruling on the pre-Friday sunnah prayer?
Answer:
The Friday prayer has no sunnah before it. However, if a person arrives before the imam enters, he should pray at least the greeting of the mosque, which is two rak'ahs. Then he sits and waits for the imam to arrive. If he prays from the time the imam enters until the imam arrives, that is better. This is purely voluntary. As for the rawatib of the Friday prayer, they are after it; the minimum is two rak'ahs and the maximum is six rak'ahs, with a taslim after every two rak'ahs. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/077 — archive.org (6:10)
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