Is it permissible to pray the sunnah of wudu' with the intention of greeting the mosque?
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The questioner : There is another point here. The intention is not for two rak'ahs specifically; the intention is for the prayer before sitting, whether it is an obligatory prayer, a voluntary prayer, or something else?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Okay, here too, people want to combine intentions. They say, for example, what? And on this basis, some fatwas exist; meaning, one combines the greeting of the mosque with the sunnah of wudu' and the sunnah of Dhuhr, for example?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Is this prescribed?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is what we say.
The questioner : Okay, as far as I understood, there is no greeting of the mosque at all; I mean the prayer. So how is the intention combined with the intention of another sunnah? Since the intention is for the prayer, there is no combining of intentions here, is there?
The Shaykh : And the sunnah of wudu' as well, is there no sunnah of wudu'?
The questioner : No, there is a sunnah of wudu'; the sunnah of wudu' is established.
The Shaykh : I did not ask you that.
The questioner: Go ahead.
The Shaykh : I am telling you: combining.
The questioner : Combining, yes.
The Shaykh : Is there combining or not? Meaning, one person performed wudu'.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is recommended for him to pray two rak'ahs as the sunnah of wudu', as is well known, and it is recommended for him to pray two rak'ahs as the preceding sunnah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, so in that case, if he starts with the two sunnahs, he must pray four rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Correct?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, and he returned... like that Bedouin, he wants to pray two rak'ahs; so whether he combines the two intentions or not, the result is the same, right?
The questioner : The result is the same, yes.
The Shaykh : And the reward of the intention, the intention that is not acted upon, does the Muslim get reward for it or not?
The questioner : He gets reward.
The Shaykh : Okay, you explained the reward here.
Oh Allah.
The questioner : Okay, our Shaykh, since I see I am winning you over a bit, we always benefit from you, may Allah preserve you. I mean, something about the method of derivation regarding the permissibility of combining. What is going through your mind? Translate it for us so we can benefit, may Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh : I have nothing more than what you heard.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What did you hear? In my discussion with Sami?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What did you hear?
The questioner : Shaykh, he...
The Shaykh : Or were you not with us?
The questioner : No, I was with you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : May Allah help me.
The Shaykh : Bring it so we can see; what did you hear?
The questioner : That they are not equal in terms of reward. That a person, for example, prays only two rak'ahs as the preceding sunnah, and another person prays the preceding sunnah and the greeting of the mosque; meaning, the intention of combining is in both.
Another questioner : My Shaykh, we will take the right side, if Allah wills.
The questioner : ... from here now.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, yes.
The questioner : So what we understood and benefited from is the permissibility, meaning the matter of combining, and more than four rak'ahs, for example, the sunnah of wudu', the greeting of the mosque, and the preceding sunnah.
The Shaykh : Do not make marginal notes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Do not make marginal notes, but you...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good, repeat what you heard!
The questioner : There is nothing, what I said, our Shaykh, previously, meaning...
The Shaykh : Yes, what was it? You lost it for us!!
The questioner : Allah.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : ... yes, that you, may Allah preserve you, see the permissibility of combining intentions, even if a person prays, for example, only the greeting of the mosque, it is not like one who intended, for example, with it, or we say the sunnah of wudu', for example, with the preceding sunnah. So this intention has its reward in the combining, I do not know, this is the amount that...
I, our Shaykh, here, meaning, please, may Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : What do you have now?
The questioner : No, that is it.
The Shaykh : Okay, he said: Yes, do you say with him: Yes?
The questioner : Me?
The Shaykh : No, I?!
The questioner : ... that is it.
The Shaykh : It is a habitual crutch!!
The questioner : Yes, my Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, I want to understand, I am not understanding until now, if that is correct.
The Shaykh : ... so that you understand, answer!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So that you understand, answer.
The questioner : Yes, now I do not know.
The Shaykh : How do you not know? Okay, you do not know.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : ... when he said: Yes, what was my response to him?
The questioner : That, meaning, the extra intention does not have its reward? The intention.
The Shaykh : Hmm.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You are the one being asked this question now.
The questioner : There is no doubt that this intention has its reward.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : But I want, meaning, to see that, for example, this matter, when I asked you, our Shaykh, what is its derivation or its evidence or something, from the perspective that, well, if it is...
The Shaykh : My brother.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no need to repeat your words.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : The derivation came from here.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : That the intention has a reward.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So if you believe in this belief, that the intention has a reward, why are you losing this reward here?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We are distracted, guys, we need gas.
The questioner : Yes, my Shaykh... later.
Another questioner : Shaykh ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : I say: after we pass, ahead, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Yes, but I am afraid we will pass and we...
...
The questioner : On the basis that we can say: also added to the intention.
The Shaykh : Nineteen dinars?
The questioner : Eighteen and sixty qirsh, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, what is its name, now you want from me...
The questioner : So here we say, if you permit, meaning: is it prescribed here to add also the greeting of wudu' with the greeting of the mosque with the voluntary prayer?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And if there is something else added, does it increase?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : As for the obligatory prayer, I think the discussion does not apply to the obligatory prayer here.
The Shaykh : Correct.
The questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : Meaning, the obligatory, as we learned from the Shaykh, "the obligatory does not drop an obligatory."
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Okay, here too, people want to combine intentions. They say, for example, what? And on this basis, some fatwas exist; meaning, one combines the greeting of the mosque with the sunnah of wudu' and the sunnah of Dhuhr, for example?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Is this prescribed?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is what we say.
The questioner : Okay, as far as I understood, there is no greeting of the mosque at all; I mean the prayer. So how is the intention combined with the intention of another sunnah? Since the intention is for the prayer, there is no combining of intentions here, is there?
The Shaykh : And the sunnah of wudu' as well, is there no sunnah of wudu'?
The questioner : No, there is a sunnah of wudu'; the sunnah of wudu' is established.
The Shaykh : I did not ask you that.
The questioner: Go ahead.
The Shaykh : I am telling you: combining.
The questioner : Combining, yes.
The Shaykh : Is there combining or not? Meaning, one person performed wudu'.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is recommended for him to pray two rak'ahs as the sunnah of wudu', as is well known, and it is recommended for him to pray two rak'ahs as the preceding sunnah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, so in that case, if he starts with the two sunnahs, he must pray four rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Correct?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, and he returned... like that Bedouin, he wants to pray two rak'ahs; so whether he combines the two intentions or not, the result is the same, right?
The questioner : The result is the same, yes.
The Shaykh : And the reward of the intention, the intention that is not acted upon, does the Muslim get reward for it or not?
The questioner : He gets reward.
The Shaykh : Okay, you explained the reward here.
Oh Allah.
The questioner : Okay, our Shaykh, since I see I am winning you over a bit, we always benefit from you, may Allah preserve you. I mean, something about the method of derivation regarding the permissibility of combining. What is going through your mind? Translate it for us so we can benefit, may Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh : I have nothing more than what you heard.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What did you hear? In my discussion with Sami?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What did you hear?
The questioner : Shaykh, he...
The Shaykh : Or were you not with us?
The questioner : No, I was with you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : May Allah help me.
The Shaykh : Bring it so we can see; what did you hear?
The questioner : That they are not equal in terms of reward. That a person, for example, prays only two rak'ahs as the preceding sunnah, and another person prays the preceding sunnah and the greeting of the mosque; meaning, the intention of combining is in both.
Another questioner : My Shaykh, we will take the right side, if Allah wills.
The questioner : ... from here now.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, yes.
The questioner : So what we understood and benefited from is the permissibility, meaning the matter of combining, and more than four rak'ahs, for example, the sunnah of wudu', the greeting of the mosque, and the preceding sunnah.
The Shaykh : Do not make marginal notes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Do not make marginal notes, but you...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good, repeat what you heard!
The questioner : There is nothing, what I said, our Shaykh, previously, meaning...
The Shaykh : Yes, what was it? You lost it for us!!
The questioner : Allah.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : ... yes, that you, may Allah preserve you, see the permissibility of combining intentions, even if a person prays, for example, only the greeting of the mosque, it is not like one who intended, for example, with it, or we say the sunnah of wudu', for example, with the preceding sunnah. So this intention has its reward in the combining, I do not know, this is the amount that...
I, our Shaykh, here, meaning, please, may Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : What do you have now?
The questioner : No, that is it.
The Shaykh : Okay, he said: Yes, do you say with him: Yes?
The questioner : Me?
The Shaykh : No, I?!
The questioner : ... that is it.
The Shaykh : It is a habitual crutch!!
The questioner : Yes, my Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, I want to understand, I am not understanding until now, if that is correct.
The Shaykh : ... so that you understand, answer!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So that you understand, answer.
The questioner : Yes, now I do not know.
The Shaykh : How do you not know? Okay, you do not know.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : ... when he said: Yes, what was my response to him?
The questioner : That, meaning, the extra intention does not have its reward? The intention.
The Shaykh : Hmm.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You are the one being asked this question now.
The questioner : There is no doubt that this intention has its reward.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : But I want, meaning, to see that, for example, this matter, when I asked you, our Shaykh, what is its derivation or its evidence or something, from the perspective that, well, if it is...
The Shaykh : My brother.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no need to repeat your words.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : The derivation came from here.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : That the intention has a reward.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So if you believe in this belief, that the intention has a reward, why are you losing this reward here?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We are distracted, guys, we need gas.
The questioner : Yes, my Shaykh... later.
Another questioner : Shaykh ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : I say: after we pass, ahead, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Yes, but I am afraid we will pass and we...
...
The questioner : On the basis that we can say: also added to the intention.
The Shaykh : Nineteen dinars?
The questioner : Eighteen and sixty qirsh, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, what is its name, now you want from me...
The questioner : So here we say, if you permit, meaning: is it prescribed here to add also the greeting of wudu' with the greeting of the mosque with the voluntary prayer?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And if there is something else added, does it increase?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : As for the obligatory prayer, I think the discussion does not apply to the obligatory prayer here.
The Shaykh : Correct.
The questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : Meaning, the obligatory, as we learned from the Shaykh, "the obligatory does not drop an obligatory."
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