What Separates One Prayer from Another
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His Eminence the Shaykh: It is reported in the hadith agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim that it is forbidden to connect one prayer to another without speaking or leaving. Does the dhikr (remembrance of Allah) reported after the prayer serve as a substitute for speaking? And if one leaves his prayer place to the mosque courtyard or the external annex, does that suffice for this purpose? We ask you to kindly provide the answer.
What was reported is the hadith of Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: (The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) commanded us not to connect one prayer to another until we leave or speak) As for leaving, it is apparent that one should leave,Meaning: rising from his place of prayer and going to his home,And as for speaking, it was said: The term "speaking" here refers to the speech of humans; because it is that which distinguishes between the two prayers. As for tasbih (glorification) and tahlil (declaration of Allah's oneness), they do not serve as a separation.
And some of them said: Rather, they do serve as a separation; because this tasbih and tahlil, although they do not invalidate the prayer and are not the speech of humans, are a sign of the disconnection and separation of the first prayer from the second.For this reason, the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) said: It is better to separate the obligatory prayer from its sunnah (recommended practice) by speaking or moving from one's place.Based on the words of the jurists: If one moves from his place in the obligatory prayer to another place in the mosque, whether it is inside the roofed area or in the open courtyard, the intended purpose is achieved.
What was reported is the hadith of Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: (The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) commanded us not to connect one prayer to another until we leave or speak) As for leaving, it is apparent that one should leave,Meaning: rising from his place of prayer and going to his home,And as for speaking, it was said: The term "speaking" here refers to the speech of humans; because it is that which distinguishes between the two prayers. As for tasbih (glorification) and tahlil (declaration of Allah's oneness), they do not serve as a separation.
And some of them said: Rather, they do serve as a separation; because this tasbih and tahlil, although they do not invalidate the prayer and are not the speech of humans, are a sign of the disconnection and separation of the first prayer from the second.For this reason, the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) said: It is better to separate the obligatory prayer from its sunnah (recommended practice) by speaking or moving from one's place.Based on the words of the jurists: If one moves from his place in the obligatory prayer to another place in the mosque, whether it is inside the roofed area or in the open courtyard, the intended purpose is achieved.