I see many people that when they pray the obligatory prayer, one of them moves from the place where he is to another place until he begins the voluntary prayer. Is this permissible?

The questioner : This is a listener, Abu Suhayb, your brother in Allah. He says in this question: I am a Sudanese resident in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I see many people that when they pray the obligatory prayer, one of them moves from the place where he is to another place until he begins the voluntary prayer. Is this permissible? And if it is permissible, O honorable Shaykh, what is its evidence from the Shari'ah? May you be rewarded.

The Shaykh : Yes. A person moving from his place in the obligatory prayer to another place is prescribed, and that is in order to separate the obligatory prayer from the voluntary prayer. Its evidence is the hadith of Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that a prayer not be connected to another prayer until a person goes out or speaks. So separating the obligatory prayer and its sunnah by moving from one place to another, or by speaking with others, is among the prescribed matters, and its evidence is what I mentioned above from the hadith of Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him). Yes.