What is the ruling on exchanging places for voluntary prayer after the obligatory prayer?
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The questioner : How authentic is what some people do, who are accustomed to exchanging places for voluntary prayer in prayers that have post-obligatory regular voluntary prayers, such as 'Isha'? And does the prohibition against connecting one prayer to another without walking or speaking include both the obligatory and the voluntary prayers?
The Shaykh : As for exchanging places, based on the fact that the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) say that it is recommended to perform voluntary prayer in a place other than where the obligatory prayer was performed,
Another questioner : and there is no way except this, or to move to another place.
The Shaykh : No, no, only the obligatory and the voluntary. I have a note: I saw a man praying next to me a little while ago who lengthens his prostration and lengthens his bowing, and that is good, but the sitting between the two prostrations is very brief. Is this the Sunnah or contrary to the Sunnah?
The Shaykh : As for exchanging places, based on the fact that the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) say that it is recommended to perform voluntary prayer in a place other than where the obligatory prayer was performed,
Another questioner : and there is no way except this, or to move to another place.
The Shaykh : No, no, only the obligatory and the voluntary. I have a note: I saw a man praying next to me a little while ago who lengthens his prostration and lengthens his bowing, and that is good, but the sitting between the two prostrations is very brief. Is this the Sunnah or contrary to the Sunnah?
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