Is it prescribed to perform voluntary prayer between the first and second calls to Friday prayer?
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The Shaykh : The example mentioned earlier by the brother Abu al-Harith is a valid example. We all know the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the encouragement to hasten in going and returning to the Friday prayer. He (peace be upon him) said: Sunan an-Nasa'i 1388Sahih (Darussalam). Then, in another hadith, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . If it occurs to him to pray two, four, six, eight, or eighteen rak'ahs, there is no harm or blame in that. This is due to the generality of the statement made by the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) first, and secondly, because the practice of the righteous Salaf followed this generality. Some of them would pray at least two rak'ahs as the greeting of the mosque and then sit, while others would pray four, six, or eight. Here, some people err when they argue for the legitimacy of what they call the "pre-Friday sunnah" by citing such reports from the Salaf, some of which we have mentioned. They say to you, "My brother, these people prayed." We say, yes, these people prayed a general prayer, not a restricted prayer of two or four rak'ahs. Secondly, they did not pray it between two calls, because at that time there was only one call, which was the call made when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ascended the minbar and Bilal would give the call. They would pray as much as they wished until the imam ascended the minbar, at which point they would stop and finish. This example, and many others like it, are very numerous. For example, there is general zakah and restricted zakah. There is zakah that must be paid out based on a specific nisab and specific rates, but voluntary charity is such that the more you give and the more you increase your charity, the better and more lasting it is for you. Therefore, it is not permissible for the matter to be confused, nor for the Muslim to mix the restricted act of worship with the general act of worship. In the restricted act of worship, it is said, as the common people say, "The excess is the brother of the deficient." In the general act of worship, it is said, as the common people say, "An increase in good is good." This is what appears to us to be mentioned on this occasion.
Then the one who comes in the second hour, it is as if he sacrificed a cow. Then the one who comes in the third hour, it is as if he sacrificed a ram. Then the one who comes in the fourth hour, it is as if he sacrificed a chicken. Then the one who comes in the fifth hour, it is as if he sacrificed an egg.
من راح في السّاعة الأولى فكأنما قدّم بدنة ومن راح في السّاعة الثّانية فكأنّما قدّم بقرة ومن راح في الساعة الثّالثة فكأنّما قرّب كبشا ومن راح في السّاعة الرابعة فكأنما قرّب دجاجة ومن راح في الساعة الخامسة فكأنما قرّب بيضةWhoever performs ghusl, hastens, and goes early, then draws near to the imam and prays what Allah has written for him, Allah will forgive him what is between him and the Friday that follows it.
من غسّل واغتسل وبكّر وابتكر ثمّ دنا من الإمام فصلّى ما كتب الله له ، غفر الله له ما بينه وبين الجمعة التي تليها
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