You said, O Shaykh, that it is obligatory in all obligatory prayers, if a believer performs them and then wants to offer voluntary prayers afterwards, that he must change his position, based on the statement of
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The questioner : Professor, regarding the hadith in *Riyad al-Saliheen*, the hadith about Mu'awiyah, I think it is about moving from one place to another in prayer. The hadith mentions that Mu'awiyah said to a person, I think his name was Salim, "If you have prayed the Friday prayer, do not pray after it until you speak or move from one place to another." Because he said, "We were informed, or we were in the time of the Messenger of Allah... when we prayed, we would move from one place to another." So the hadith indicating... this is evidence that... this is evidence that it is obligatory to move from one place to another after the sunnah or after the obligatory prayer... whereas what I understood when I read the hadith is that it is only on Friday, because Mu'awiyah said "If you have prayed the Friday prayer..." So where did you take from that it is in all prayers?
The Shaykh : We took it from the scientific principles that mentioning a thing does not negate what is other than it. So the fact that he mentioned Friday and not others does not mean that others do not take its ruling. "Mentioning a thing does not negate what is other than it" because this obligatory prayer and this other prayer share the quality of being obligatory. However, if it were specific to something more important than the obligatory prayers, then what is less than them would not be included with it. Therefore, on that day, 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 midday prayer is not included. That is not the case. This is from one aspect. And 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...
The questioner : ... other than on Friday...?
The Shaykh : The ruling is absolute. This is the answer to your question... But if this hadith did not exist... that it is specific to the Friday prayer.
The questioner : He said, "If you have prayed the Friday prayer?"
The Shaykh : Mentioning a thing does not negate what is other than it. For example, if he said, "If you have prayed the midday prayer," does that mean the afternoon prayer is not included? No... And this is a matter of research in reality... We are coming from a place where we learn... The Arabs, even though the message originated from them through the person of Muhammad (peace be upon him) and was directed to them directly, it was supposed that they would be the most concerned of all peoples with understanding the Arabic message and applying it. But even so, we find Arabs in later times who did not fulfill this duty that was fitting... 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. Among these is what we were discussing just now: one of us prays the obligatory prayer and then stands up to pray the sunnah, and you notice this especially on Friday in all... He stands up to pray the sunnah in the same place where he prayed the obligatory prayer. He does not move, not forward or backward, not right or left. Whereas the Turks have special care for this issue, and I have seen some people here also do that. He prays here... This is a good thing.
The questioner : If I move forward a step for my two sunnahs?
The Shaykh : That is fine, it works. There is no specific limit. The important thing is that he changes the place where he prayed.
The questioner : Two or three days ago, a type of...
The Shaykh : I mean... this is... its ruling!
The questioner : It is the result of one's ignorance; he does not know.
The Shaykh : Likewise, you find the Turks pray a precise prayer, even within the limits of their school of jurisprudence, meaning they apply what they know. If you see Turks lined up in a row in the Prophet's Mosque or in the Sacred Mosque, you will not find one who, when he sits for the tashahhud, puts one leg over the other. They all spread their left leg and raise their right leg...
The questioner : They are following the Hanafi school...?
The Shaykh : That is their school...
The questioner : In the row, you will not find one...
The Shaykh : I mean, take your hand and walk... there is no care...
The questioner : ... I do it, but he adds...
The Shaykh : We took it from the scientific principles that mentioning a thing does not negate what is other than it. So the fact that he mentioned Friday and not others does not mean that others do not take its ruling. "Mentioning a thing does not negate what is other than it" because this obligatory prayer and this other prayer share the quality of being obligatory. However, if it were specific to something more important than the obligatory prayers, then what is less than them would not be included with it. Therefore, on that day, 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 midday prayer is not included. That is not the case. This is from one aspect. And 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...
The questioner : ... other than on Friday...?
The Shaykh : The ruling is absolute. This is the answer to your question... But if this hadith did not exist... that it is specific to the Friday prayer.
The questioner : He said, "If you have prayed the Friday prayer?"
The Shaykh : Mentioning a thing does not negate what is other than it. For example, if he said, "If you have prayed the midday prayer," does that mean the afternoon prayer is not included? No... And this is a matter of research in reality... We are coming from a place where we learn... The Arabs, even though the message originated from them through the person of Muhammad (peace be upon him) and was directed to them directly, it was supposed that they would be the most concerned of all peoples with understanding the Arabic message and applying it. But even so, we find Arabs in later times who did not fulfill this duty that was fitting... 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. Among these is what we were discussing just now: one of us prays the obligatory prayer and then stands up to pray the sunnah, and you notice this especially on Friday in all... He stands up to pray the sunnah in the same place where he prayed the obligatory prayer. He does not move, not forward or backward, not right or left. Whereas the Turks have special care for this issue, and I have seen some people here also do that. He prays here... This is a good thing.
The questioner : If I move forward a step for my two sunnahs?
The Shaykh : That is fine, it works. There is no specific limit. The important thing is that he changes the place where he prayed.
The questioner : Two or three days ago, a type of...
The Shaykh : I mean... this is... its ruling!
The questioner : It is the result of one's ignorance; he does not know.
The Shaykh : Likewise, you find the Turks pray a precise prayer, even within the limits of their school of jurisprudence, meaning they apply what they know. If you see Turks lined up in a row in the Prophet's Mosque or in the Sacred Mosque, you will not find one who, when he sits for the tashahhud, puts one leg over the other. They all spread their left leg and raise their right leg...
The questioner : They are following the Hanafi school...?
The Shaykh : That is their school...
The questioner : In the row, you will not find one...
The Shaykh : I mean, take your hand and walk... there is no care...
The questioner : ... I do it, but he adds...