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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on the greeting of the mosque before sunset

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Question:
Some scholars say that if one enters shortly before the time of Maghrib, he should wait and not sit down or pray.

Answer:
He should not pray until he has entered the mosque, and there is no harm if he enters the mosque even before sunset; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said
If anyone of you enters a Mosque, he should not sit until he has offered a tworak` at prayer.إذا دخل المسجد فلا يجلس حتى يصلي ركعتين
Sahih al-Bukhari 1167
, and the narrator said
let him perform two Rak'ah before sittingفليركع ركعتين قبل أن يجلس
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 316Sahih (Darussalam)
. This is general for the beginning of the time and the end of it. Here, he does not sit down again. He does not pray two rak'ahs and then sit; he does not burden himself, nor does he tire himself. Yes.
Source أجزاء من مجموع فتاوى ابن تيمية بتعليق ابن باز، بداية من فصل : والمعادة إذا أقيمت الصلاة وهو في المسجد تعاد في وقت النهي — islamhouse.com (6:44)

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