What is the validity of what people do of praying two rak'ahs as the Sunnah of Jumu'ah after the first adhan for Jumu'ah and before the iqamah?
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The questioner : ... Jumu'ah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: All right; what people do ... the first adhan is called, they stand up and pray two rak'ahs as the Sunnah of Jumu'ah. This Sunnah - and Allah knows best - ... .
The Shaykh: This is it - Professor Ahmad - the answer has already been given, that there is no pre-Jumu'ah Sunnah. So what people do today is contrary to the Sunnah; because the Sunnah is that when one enters the mosque, he should pray at least two rak'ahs before sitting down, and that is the greeting of the mosque. If he wishes to add more, as we explained earlier, he does what he wishes until the imam ascends the minbar. As for entering and praying the greeting, and then when he hears the first adhan, he finishes and stands up to pray this so-called Sunnah, this Sunnah did not exist in the time of the Prophethood nor in the time of the Rightly Guided Caliphate; because at that time there was only one adhan in the Prophet's Mosque and elsewhere, there was only one adhan. So there were not two adhans with a gap in between for a Sunnah prayer called the pre-Jumu'ah Sunnah. The hadith came in "Sahih al-Bukhari" with its authentic chain from al-Sa'ib ibn Yazid, who said: The adhan in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and in the time of Abu Bakr...
Do not work with razors, O Abu Khudr [The Shaykh : (laughs) ].
Another questioner: What ... does it mean, is it not the adhan?
The Shaykh : And what am I saying?
Another questioner: All right; and after that there is a second adhan.
The Shaykh: I am saying iqamah? I am saying adhan, may Allah help us, if Allah wills.
Another questioner: If Allah wills, may Allah help you.
I am saying that Imam al-Bukhari narrated in his "Sahih" from the hadith of al-Sa'ib ibn Yazid, who said: The adhan in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and in the time of Abu Bakr and 'Umar was one adhan. I am speaking in Arabic, Abu Khudr, one adhan, not al-Albani. Even you say: there is a second adhan. He says, al-Sa'ib ibn Yazid is a Companion from the young generation raised in obedience to Allah; because he says his family took him on Hajj with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he was seven years old. And he narrates to us this authentic hadith: The adhan in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and in the time of Abu Bakr and in the time of 'Umar was one adhan; the mu'adhdhin calls the adhan when the khatib ascends the minbar.
Another questioner: This is a call, what does it mean?
The Shaykh: Call it what you wish, I care about the facts. Its name is adhan, he called it adhan, you call it a call, no problem. The adhan was one adhan when the khatib ascended the minbar, and the matter remained this way until 'Uthman ibn 'Affan established another adhan at a place called al-Zurayy, outside the city. The scholars say: This place was a gathering place and destination for merchants who would gather there on Friday. And the building expanded in the time of 'Uthman, so the adhan of the Prophet's Mosque no longer reached the ears of the people there in al-Zurayy. So he established the second adhan. This is called the second adhan considering the time of its legislation, but there was no gap between the two adhans such that the praying person would pray two rak'ahs, let alone four rak'ahs as they do today. No. But when did this innovation appear? The Muslims remained on the 'Uthmanic adhan until the era of the Umayyad dynasty, and precisely in the time of Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik. When he became the Caliph of the Muslims, he introduced the second adhan into the mosque. So people, due to their ignorance, assume that this second adhan, first, is the 'Uthmanic adhan. They wronged him! 'Uthman placed the adhan in al-Zurayy; meaning, if there had been loudspeakers in the time of 'Uthman, he would have been spared this second adhan. He would have pulled a wire like this and a loudspeaker, and it would have been done.
Another questioner: With one adhan.
The Shaykh : That is it, yes.
They assume that this is the 'Uthmanic adhan. Second: they assume that there is free time between the two adhans, and this is also a mistake. Third: they assume that it was in the mosque. The one who introduced it into the mosque was Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik. And if the Muslims still - praise be to Allah - believe in his saying (peace be upon him) in the Jumu'ah sermon and in others, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), then it is obligatory for the Muslims to return to his Sunnah (peace be upon him). And as the people of knowledge said:
"And all good is in following those who came before *** And all evil is in following those who came after"
So this Prophetic Sunnah is one adhan, and the mu'adhdhin calls the adhan when he sees the khatib on the minbar. There is no adhan other than this. If a person enters the mosque early in the first hour, he prays what he wishes, he reads Qur'an, he sends blessings upon the Prophet (peace be upon him), and so on. But when the khatib ascends the minbar, there is absolutely no prayer.
Have I answered you, O Sayyid Ahmad?
The questioner: This is in Jumu'ah, but other than Jumu'ah, between the adhan and the iqamah, there are two rak'ahs of prayer.
The Shaykh: Of course, in the Sunnah, before the Zuhr, you have two rak'ahs.
The questioner: No, other than the Sunnah, I mean between the two adhans.
Another questioner: For example, 'Asr, there is no Sunnah before the...
The Shaykh: Do not get yourself into trouble, you. You don't say there is none. Keep your question, what is it?
The questioner: My question is that between the adhan and the iqamah, other than the regular Sunnah, are there two rak'ahs as well?
The Shaykh: Yes, there are. He (peace be upon him) said, and the hadith is in "Sahih al-Bukhari":Jami` at-Tirmidhi 185Sahih (Darussalam), and he said: For whoever wishes, with dislike that people make it a Sunnah. This is voluntary, Jami` at-Tirmidhi 185Sahih (Darussalam), and even for Maghrib, even for the Maghrib prayer, they say its time is narrow, and this hadith applies to it. Meaning, you may pray between the iqamah of the Maghrib prayer and the adhan; because with this hadith there is an explicit hadith, which is his saying (peace be upon him) =
-- She is your neighbor, O Abu 'Adnan!!Another questioner: There is an issue as well.The Shaykh: Allow me a moment --
= He (peace be upon him) said:, and in the third time he said: with dislike that people make it a Sunnah; so in all five prayers, a person prays what he wishes. And the Messenger (peace be upon him) emphasized regarding the Maghrib prayer in this hadith. There are people who claim that it is disliked to pray between Maghrib.
Another questioner: They do not pray it.
The Shaykh: Yes? They do not pray it. This is a mistake and a waste of the reward.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: All right; what people do ... the first adhan is called, they stand up and pray two rak'ahs as the Sunnah of Jumu'ah. This Sunnah - and Allah knows best - ... .
The Shaykh: This is it - Professor Ahmad - the answer has already been given, that there is no pre-Jumu'ah Sunnah. So what people do today is contrary to the Sunnah; because the Sunnah is that when one enters the mosque, he should pray at least two rak'ahs before sitting down, and that is the greeting of the mosque. If he wishes to add more, as we explained earlier, he does what he wishes until the imam ascends the minbar. As for entering and praying the greeting, and then when he hears the first adhan, he finishes and stands up to pray this so-called Sunnah, this Sunnah did not exist in the time of the Prophethood nor in the time of the Rightly Guided Caliphate; because at that time there was only one adhan in the Prophet's Mosque and elsewhere, there was only one adhan. So there were not two adhans with a gap in between for a Sunnah prayer called the pre-Jumu'ah Sunnah. The hadith came in "Sahih al-Bukhari" with its authentic chain from al-Sa'ib ibn Yazid, who said: The adhan in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and in the time of Abu Bakr...
Do not work with razors, O Abu Khudr [The Shaykh : (laughs) ].
Another questioner:
When the call is made for prayer on the day of Jumu'ah
إِذَا نُودِيَ لِلصَّلاةِ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِThe Shaykh : And what am I saying?
Another questioner: All right; and after that there is a second adhan.
The Shaykh: I am saying iqamah? I am saying adhan, may Allah help us, if Allah wills.
Another questioner: If Allah wills, may Allah help you.
I am saying that Imam al-Bukhari narrated in his "Sahih" from the hadith of al-Sa'ib ibn Yazid, who said: The adhan in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and in the time of Abu Bakr and 'Umar was one adhan. I am speaking in Arabic, Abu Khudr, one adhan, not al-Albani. Even you say: there is a second adhan. He says, al-Sa'ib ibn Yazid is a Companion from the young generation raised in obedience to Allah; because he says his family took him on Hajj with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he was seven years old. And he narrates to us this authentic hadith: The adhan in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and in the time of Abu Bakr and in the time of 'Umar was one adhan; the mu'adhdhin calls the adhan when the khatib ascends the minbar.
Another questioner: This is a call, what does it mean?
The Shaykh: Call it what you wish, I care about the facts. Its name is adhan, he called it adhan, you call it a call, no problem. The adhan was one adhan when the khatib ascended the minbar, and the matter remained this way until 'Uthman ibn 'Affan established another adhan at a place called al-Zurayy, outside the city. The scholars say: This place was a gathering place and destination for merchants who would gather there on Friday. And the building expanded in the time of 'Uthman, so the adhan of the Prophet's Mosque no longer reached the ears of the people there in al-Zurayy. So he established the second adhan. This is called the second adhan considering the time of its legislation, but there was no gap between the two adhans such that the praying person would pray two rak'ahs, let alone four rak'ahs as they do today. No. But when did this innovation appear? The Muslims remained on the 'Uthmanic adhan until the era of the Umayyad dynasty, and precisely in the time of Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik. When he became the Caliph of the Muslims, he introduced the second adhan into the mosque. So people, due to their ignorance, assume that this second adhan, first, is the 'Uthmanic adhan. They wronged him! 'Uthman placed the adhan in al-Zurayy; meaning, if there had been loudspeakers in the time of 'Uthman, he would have been spared this second adhan. He would have pulled a wire like this and a loudspeaker, and it would have been done.
Another questioner: With one adhan.
The Shaykh : That is it, yes.
They assume that this is the 'Uthmanic adhan. Second: they assume that there is free time between the two adhans, and this is also a mistake. Third: they assume that it was in the mosque. The one who introduced it into the mosque was Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik. And if the Muslims still - praise be to Allah - believe in his saying (peace be upon him) in the Jumu'ah sermon and in others, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), then it is obligatory for the Muslims to return to his Sunnah (peace be upon him). And as the people of knowledge said:
"And all good is in following those who came before *** And all evil is in following those who came after"
So this Prophetic Sunnah is one adhan, and the mu'adhdhin calls the adhan when he sees the khatib on the minbar. There is no adhan other than this. If a person enters the mosque early in the first hour, he prays what he wishes, he reads Qur'an, he sends blessings upon the Prophet (peace be upon him), and so on. But when the khatib ascends the minbar, there is absolutely no prayer.
Have I answered you, O Sayyid Ahmad?
The questioner: This is in Jumu'ah, but other than Jumu'ah, between the adhan and the iqamah, there are two rak'ahs of prayer.
The Shaykh: Of course, in the Sunnah, before the Zuhr, you have two rak'ahs.
The questioner: No, other than the Sunnah, I mean between the two adhans.
Another questioner: For example, 'Asr, there is no Sunnah before the...
The Shaykh: Do not get yourself into trouble, you. You don't say there is none. Keep your question, what is it?
The questioner: My question is that between the adhan and the iqamah, other than the regular Sunnah, are there two rak'ahs as well?
The Shaykh: Yes, there are. He (peace be upon him) said, and the hadith is in "Sahih al-Bukhari":
Between every two calls (to prayer) there is a Salat for whoever wills.
بين كلِّ أذانين صلاةٌ لِمَن شاءBetween every two calls (to prayer) there is a Salat for whoever wills.
بين كلِّ أذانين صلاةٌ لمن شاء-- She is your neighbor, O Abu 'Adnan!!Another questioner: There is an issue as well.The Shaykh: Allow me a moment --
= He (peace be upon him) said:
Pray two rak'ahs before Maghrib, pray two rak'ahs before Maghrib, pray two rak'ahs before Maghrib
صلوا قبل المغرب ركعتين ، صلوا قبل المغرب ركعتين ، صلوا قبل المغرب ركعتينFor whoever wishes
لِمَن شاءAnother questioner: They do not pray it.
The Shaykh: Yes? They do not pray it. This is a mistake and a waste of the reward.
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