The ruling on advancing to the Maghrib prayer on Friday
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Question : Now, if a man advances to the Maghrib prayer on Friday at the end of the day in order to pray the greeting of the mosque so that he is included in the hadith that there is in the Friday Muwatta Malik 5:16, do we say that this is forbidden, or do we say that this is permissible?
Answer : We say that if he intends the mosque in order to pray, then this is forbidden, just as we said if he performed wudu in order to pray. But if he intends the mosque in order to advance for the Maghrib prayer, and then when he enters he stands and prays two rak'ahs because he entered the mosque, then there is nothing wrong with that, even if he does not advance except on Friday. There is nothing wrong with that.
There is a time in it when Allah gives to a muslim slave standing in prayer whatever he asks for
سَاعَةٌ لاَ يُوَافِقُهَا عَبْدٌ مُسْلِمٌ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي يَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ شَيْئًا إِلاَّ أَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُAnswer : We say that if he intends the mosque in order to pray, then this is forbidden, just as we said if he performed wudu in order to pray. But if he intends the mosque in order to advance for the Maghrib prayer, and then when he enters he stands and prays two rak'ahs because he entered the mosque, then there is nothing wrong with that, even if he does not advance except on Friday. There is nothing wrong with that.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2720تقدم ليصلي تحية المسجد قبل المغرب يوم الجمعة...؟📔 الشرح الممتع على زاد المستقنع - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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