The Virtue of Arriving Early for the Friday Prayer
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Question:
Shaykh Salih, one of the brothers asks in his question about the virtue of arriving early for the Friday prayer. What is the reward associated with it?
Answer:
It is prescribed to arrive early to attend the Friday prayer and to sit in the mosque waiting for it after performing the greeting of the mosque, which is a two-rak'ah prayer. If one goes beyond that and prays until the imam arrives, or sits reciting the Qur'an or remembering Allah, there is a great reward in that. Then he listens to the sermon, remains silent, and prays the Friday prayer with the Muslims. As for being late until the iqamah, there is a great deficiency in that, and a loss of listening to the sermon, a loss of the reminder, and a loss of the reward of waiting for the prayer in the mosque. So in it is a loss of many good things that the Muslim needs. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. Our Shaykh
Shaykh Salih, one of the brothers asks in his question about the virtue of arriving early for the Friday prayer. What is the reward associated with it?
Answer:
It is prescribed to arrive early to attend the Friday prayer and to sit in the mosque waiting for it after performing the greeting of the mosque, which is a two-rak'ah prayer. If one goes beyond that and prays until the imam arrives, or sits reciting the Qur'an or remembering Allah, there is a great reward in that. Then he listens to the sermon, remains silent, and prays the Friday prayer with the Muslims. As for being late until the iqamah, there is a great deficiency in that, and a loss of listening to the sermon, a loss of the reminder, and a loss of the reward of waiting for the prayer in the mosque. So in it is a loss of many good things that the Muslim needs. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. Our Shaykh
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7527 — youtube.com (1:56)
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