Greeting the Mosque and the Imam Delivering the Sermon on Friday
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If I enter the mosque on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon, am I required to pray the greeting of the mosque?
Answer:
Yes, yes. This is specific. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Salikah al-Ghatafani when he entered while he was delivering the sermon (peace and blessings be upon him) and he sat down, he said to him: If one enters while the imam is delivering the sermon, he prays two rak'ahs, but he shortens them. It is permissible to do so. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If I enter the mosque on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon, am I required to pray the greeting of the mosque?
Answer:
Yes, yes. This is specific. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Salikah al-Ghatafani when he entered while he was delivering the sermon (peace and blessings be upon him) and he sat down, he said to him:
Stand up and pray two rak'ahs
قم فصلي ركعتين
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في قيام الليل — islamhouse.com (51:28)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.