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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Greeting the mosque and prolonging it after the Asr prayer on Friday

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Question:
This questioner says: There are some people who are eager for good who intend to come to the mosque on Friday after the Asr prayer, where they pray the greeting of the mosque and prolong it, hoping for their supplication to be answered at that hour. What is the validity of this practice?

Answer:
This is a continuation of the previous question regarding the recitation of Surat al-A'raf in the Maghrib prayer. It is pointed out that the recitation should be moderate and light, not like the recitation of some young people today who call it tartil, prolonging the recitation and the elongation of vowels and so on, to the point where it bores the one behind him and burdens him. So, he should recite in a moderate manner, neither too fast and flippant, nor too drawn out, which burdens the reciter and makes it difficult for the one praying behind him. Rather, he should take the middle path in his recitation. This was how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite.
As for the one who comes to the mosque after the Asr prayer, does he pray the greeting of the mosque or not? This is a matter of scholarly disagreement among the people of knowledge.
So, the one who looks at the matter in light of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
If anyone of you enters a Mosque, he should not sit until he has offered a tworak` at prayer.إذا دخل أحدكم المسجد فلا يجلس حتى يصلي ركعتين
Sahih al-Bukhari 1167
, and that this is a general command for every time, says that the greeting of the mosque is not prayed after Asr. And the one who looks at the prohibition in the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
There is no prayer after the ‘Asr until the sun has setلا صلاة بعد العصر حتى تغرب الشمس
Sunan Ibn Majah 1249Sahih (Darussalam)
? He says that the greeting of the mosque is not prayed after Asr, nor any other voluntary prayers. Every group has evidence with them. So, in this matter, if a person wishes to pray, he may do so and it is not disapproved of him, and if he wishes to leave it, he may do so and it is not disapproved of him, because there is breadth in this matter, and there is disagreement, and there are evidences as you have heard. As for prolonging it, that is up to him; if he wishes to prolong it, he may, and if he wishes to shorten it, he may, as long as it does not invalidate the prayer. Yes.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/199 — archive.org (7:33)

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