What is the ruling on the greeting of the mosque before and after the Maghrib adhan? Is this tied to a specific school of jurisprudence?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on the greeting of the mosque before and after the Maghrib adhan? Is this tied to a specific school of jurisprudence?
The Shaykh : The greeting of the mosque at sunset or at other times of prohibition is permissible according to the stronger opinion among the scholars. This is because the hadiths prohibiting prayer are restricted to cases where the prayer has no cause. If it has a cause, then it is permissible. So if a person enters the mosque at any time and is in a state of ritual purity, he should not sit until he prays two rak'ahs. This is a confirmed recommended practice (sunnah mu'akkadah), and some scholars have even said it is obligatory. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) interrupted his sermon in order to order this man who had entered and sat down to pray two rak'ahs. However, he ordered him to be brief in them so that he could free himself to listen to the sermon. From this, a benefit becomes clear: if a person enters the mosque on Friday while the mu'adhdhin is calling the second adhan, which occurs when the imam enters, he should pray the greeting of the mosque, even if the adhan is being called, in order to free himself to listen to the sermon. This is because listening to the sermon is obligatory, while responding to the mu'adhdhin is not obligatory, and preserving the obligatory is more important than preserving what is not obligatory. So if you enter on Friday and the mu'adhdhin is calling the second adhan, which is when the imam enters, pray the two rak'ahs so that you can free yourself to listen to the sermon. But if you enter and the mu'adhdhin is calling an adhan other than this one, respond to the mu'adhdhin first, then make the known supplication after the adhan, and then pray the two rak'ahs.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : The greeting of the mosque at sunset or at other times of prohibition is permissible according to the stronger opinion among the scholars. This is because the hadiths prohibiting prayer are restricted to cases where the prayer has no cause. If it has a cause, then it is permissible. So if a person enters the mosque at any time and is in a state of ritual purity, he should not sit until he prays two rak'ahs. This is a confirmed recommended practice (sunnah mu'akkadah), and some scholars have even said it is obligatory. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family)
He was delivering the sermon to the people on Friday, when a man entered the mosque and sat down. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Have you prayed two rak'ahs?" He said: "No." He said: "Stand up and pray two rak'ahs, and be brief in them."
كان يخطب الناس يوم الجمعة، فدخل رجل المسجد فجلس، فقال له النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: أصليت ركعتين؟ قال: لا، قال: قم فصلِّ ركعتين، وتجوز فيهماThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.