If a person leaves the mosque to collect papers, is the greeting of the mosque obligatory for him when he returns?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. We see some of the brothers praying Maghrib with you, and after the prayer, the distribution of papers takes place outside the mosque. If they go out and then return to enter the mosque, in this case, do they pray the greeting of the mosque or not?
The Shaykh : They do not pray the greeting of the mosque. Those who leave the mosque to collect papers that are close to the mosque and then return do not have to pray the greeting of the mosque. It is like if a person goes out to perform wudu from the mosque’s bathroom, which is nearby, and then returns; he does not need to pray the greeting of the mosque. Yes.
The Shaykh : They do not pray the greeting of the mosque. Those who leave the mosque to collect papers that are close to the mosque and then return do not have to pray the greeting of the mosque. It is like if a person goes out to perform wudu from the mosque’s bathroom, which is nearby, and then returns; he does not need to pray the greeting of the mosque. Yes.