A person entered the mosque before the Maghrib prayer and prayed the greeting of the mosque during a time of prohibition; is there any harm in that?
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The questioner : Shaykh, a person entered the mosque before the Maghrib prayer; meaning before the sun sets, and he prayed the greeting of the mosque, is there a prohibition?
The Shaykh : No. The greeting of the mosque is prayed at all times.
The questioner : Even at the time of the sun setting?
The Shaykh : And you have just heard the hadith of Sulayk al-Ghatafani. It is well known from the books of Islamic jurisprudence that there are three disliked times, and then they become five. But in reality, there is a time that they do not mention among the disliked times, which is performing voluntary prayer while the imam is delivering the sermon. This is a time in which voluntary prayer is not prescribed. However, in this time, the Messenger of Allah, as you saw, commanded the greeting of the mosque. Therefore, the greeting of the mosque is prayed in a disliked time.
The questioner : Even ... .
The Shaykh : At any time.
The Shaykh : No. The greeting of the mosque is prayed at all times.
The questioner : Even at the time of the sun setting?
The Shaykh : And you have just heard the hadith of Sulayk al-Ghatafani. It is well known from the books of Islamic jurisprudence that there are three disliked times, and then they become five. But in reality, there is a time that they do not mention among the disliked times, which is performing voluntary prayer while the imam is delivering the sermon. This is a time in which voluntary prayer is not prescribed. However, in this time, the Messenger of Allah, as you saw, commanded the greeting of the mosque. Therefore, the greeting of the mosque is prayed in a disliked time.
The questioner : Even ... .
The Shaykh : At any time.
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