You stated that it is obligatory in all obligatory prayers, once the believer has performed them and then wishes to perform voluntary prayers afterwards, that he must change his position.

The questioner : Professor, regarding the hadith in *Riyad al-Saliheen*, it mentions a hadith from Mu'awiyah, I think, or the one about moving from one place to another in prayer. The hadith states that Mu'awiyah said to a person, I think his name was Sa'ib or... He said to him: "When you pray the Friday prayer, do not pray after it... until you speak or move from one place to another." And he said: "Because he said: 'We were informed' or 'We were in the time of the Messenger'; something from this text; when we prayed, we would move from one place to another, or..." So, in the commentary below, you state that this is evidence that it is obligatory to move from one place to another after the sunnah or after the obligatory prayer or to speak... whereas what I understood when I read the hadith is that it is only on Friday; because Mu'awiyah said to the person: "When you pray the Friday prayer"; so where did you take from that it applies to all prayers?

The Shaykh : Because one of the scientific principles is that mentioning a specific thing does not negate others. So, the fact that he mentioned Friday and not others does not mean that others do not share its ruling; "mentioning a specific thing does not negate others." The reason is that this obligatory prayer shares the status of being an obligatory prayer with the other prayers. However, if he had mentioned specifically something more important than the obligatory prayers, then what is less than them would not be included with them. Therefore, on this occasion, some of them understood that this ruling applies even between the pre-prayer sunnah and the obligatory prayer, and we said: this is a specific ruling between the obligatory prayer and the sunnah that follows it. So, the hadith mentioning Friday does not mean, for example, that the obligatory Zuhr prayer is not the same. This is from one aspect. From another aspect, there is a hadith in *Sunan Abu Dawud* that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the imam from praying in the place where he prayed the obligatory prayer, and that he must move.

The questioner : In prayers other than Friday...?

The Shaykh : He moves absolutely; meaning this is the fundamental answer to your question. But if this hadith did not exist, then... the first thing is that it is specific to the Friday prayer.

The questioner : Because it is as if he said: "When you pray the Friday prayer?"

The Shaykh : Yes, he mentioned Friday; but mentioning a specific thing does not negate others. For example, if he said: "When you pray Zuhr," would 'Asr not be the same?

The questioner : No, of course not.

The Shaykh : No... and this... in reality, the Arabs =
-- Please pour with the left hand and give with the right -- Why are we coming here? Not to learn? It might be difficult for you; because you don't... . --
= The Arabs, although the message originated from them through Muhammad (peace be upon him), and was directed to them directly, they were supposed to be the most concerned of all peoples in understanding this Arabic message and applying it. But despite that, we find that the Arabs in later times did not fulfill this duty which they should have fulfilled. Many of the sunnahs are not cared for by the Arabs in some countries, unlike some of the non-Arabs who care for them completely. This includes what we were discussing just now; one of us prays the obligatory prayer and then stands to pray the sunnah, and you notice this specifically on Friday in... Hajj; he stands to pray the sunnah in the same place where he prayed the obligatory prayer, he does not move forward or backward, right or left. Meanwhile, the Turks have special care for this issue, and I have seen some people here - also - doing that; he prays here, his brother there, they exchange places; this is a good thing.

The questioner : If he moves forward a step; meaning fifty centimeters?

The Shaykh : That is sufficient, it works, there is no specific limit, the important thing is that he changes the place where he prayed.

The questioner : This, up to two or three days ago, I considered a type of...

The Shaykh : Meaning something...

The questioner : This is it; it is a result of ignorance, meaning it is not due to anything else, if one knew its ruling.

The Shaykh : Similarly, you find the Turks pray a precise prayer, even within the limits of their school of jurisprudence, meaning, what they know they apply. So, if you see Turks lining up in a row in the Prophet's Mosque or in the Sacred Mosque, you will not find one person who, when sitting in the tashahhud, puts one leg over the other, except that they all spread their left leg and raise... what? The right one.

Another questioner : ... Are they following a school of jurisprudence?

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner : Are they following a school of jurisprudence?

The Shaykh : This is their madhhab.

The questioner : In the row, you might not find one person...

The Shaykh : How?

Another questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Ah, there is no care.

The questioner : ... Each one is at his ease.

The Shaykh : Meaning, take your hand and walk.

The questioner : Meaning, what is needed in it, in the way he is comfortable... regardless of innovation.

The Shaykh : There is no interest.
-- And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings --

The questioner : ... I do, but he adds... ... .