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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Does the Friday prayer have a regular voluntary prayer before it or after it?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Does the Friday prayer have a regular voluntary prayer (sunnah) before it or after it?

Answer:
Before it, no. After it, yes. It has a regular voluntary prayer after it, the minimum being two rak'ahs and the maximum being four rak'ahs with two taslims. Some say six rak'ahs, with a taslim after every two. This is if he prays it in the mosque. But if he prays the regular voluntary prayer in his house, he prays it as two rak'ahs, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do. Yes. As for before it, voluntary prayer is sought, but it is not a regular voluntary prayer; rather, it is an absolute voluntary prayer. If he enters and prays the greeting of the mosque, then sits and reads and does not remember Allah, there is no harm. And if he prays from his entry until the imam arrives, that is better. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [824 -3022] هل للجمعة راتبة قبلية أو بعديه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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