Prayer and Sitting in the Noble Garden
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih Muslim 1390b, is it the Sunnah for one who visits the Prophet’s Mosque to sit in the Garden or to pray two rak'ahs in it?
The Shaykh:
The Sunnah is to pray two rak'ahs in it. Yes, the Sunnah is that he prays two rak'ahs in it, or whatever is easy for him. As for sitting in it, no, I do not know of anything indicating a special virtue or distinction for it. Only the prayer has a special status in the Garden; he prays in it whatever prayers are easy for him. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, is it prescribed to inform the person who is given zakah that it is zakah?
The Shaykh:
Perhaps if he sits in the Garden, and so-and-so and so-and-so sit there, they will make it difficult for the people who are praying or who are coming to pray. So it is better for him to sit in a corner of the mosque and leave the Garden for those who want to pray. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)
That which exists between my pulpit and my house is a garden from the gardens of Paradise.
ما بين منبري وبيتي روضة من رياض الجنةThe Shaykh:
The Sunnah is to pray two rak'ahs in it. Yes, the Sunnah is that he prays two rak'ahs in it, or whatever is easy for him. As for sitting in it, no, I do not know of anything indicating a special virtue or distinction for it. Only the prayer has a special status in the Garden; he prays in it whatever prayers are easy for him. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, is it prescribed to inform the person who is given zakah that it is zakah?
The Shaykh:
Perhaps if he sits in the Garden, and so-and-so and so-and-so sit there, they will make it difficult for the people who are praying or who are coming to pray. So it is better for him to sit in a corner of the mosque and leave the Garden for those who want to pray. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب النفقات — islamhouse.com (1:00:40)
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