When one of you enters the mosque, let him pray two rak'ahs before he sits down.

The reciter: .

The Shaykh : This hadith is narrated in two forms. The first is: When one of you enters the mosque, let him pray two rak'ahs before he sits down. The second is: He should not sit down until he prays two rak'ahs. The intended meaning is that he prays two rak'ahs upon entering, and it is not intended that he prays two rak'ahs in the sense that the two rak'ahs are not sought for their own sake. Based on this, we say that if a person enters the mosque and prays two rak'ahs as the regular voluntary prayer (rawatib), it suffices for the greeting of the mosque, because the objective is that he does not sit down until he prays two rak'ahs. If he enters and finds people praying, and he joins the prayer, does he make up the two rak'ahs for entering the mosque? No, because the objective has been achieved. And his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) Is this restriction based on the majority case? That is, if a person enters the mosque intending to pray witr with one rak'ah, and he prays witr with one rak'ah, does the objective get achieved, or is it necessary to pray two rak'ahs? The apparent view is the first, and that the restriction to two rak'ahs is based on what? It is based on the majority case, and that if a person enters while he has not prayed witr, and he prays witr with one rak'ah, it suffices, because this is a prayer that is accepted as paired. In the hadith is evidence of the virtue of the mosque and honoring the mosque, and that a person does not enter and sit down until he prays two rak'ahs. If someone were to ask: What do you think if a man did not sit down, but he kept moving around in the mosque, staying for two hours while reading while walking? Does he fall under the prohibition or not? Apparently, no, because the man did not sit down. But in meaning, he is sitting, because his remaining and moving around standing while reading is equivalent to sitting. For this reason, the menstruating woman is prevented from tawaf (circumambulation) of the House, even though she will circle and not sit, because she is prohibited from remaining in the mosque. Yes. Adam.