Does the dhikr between the obligatory prayer and the sunnah suffice for the command to speak between the two prayers, given the prohibition against connecting one prayer to another? And if one leaves his prayer place, does that suffice?

The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Your Eminence, may Allah forgive you: It is reported in the hadith agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim the prohibition against connecting one prayer to another until one speaks or leaves. Does the dhikr reported after the prayer take the place of speaking? And if one leaves his prayer place to the mosque courtyard or the external annex, does that suffice for him? We ask you to kindly provide an answer.

The Shaykh : Yes, what was reported is the hadith of Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: As for leaving, it is apparent that one should leave, meaning he stands up from his place and goes to his home, i.e., he stands up from his place of prayer and goes to his home. As for speaking, it was said that the intended meaning of "speaking" here is the speech of humans, because that is what distinguishes between the two prayers, and that tasbih and tahlil do not achieve the separation. Some said: Rather, the separation is achieved by it, because this tasbih or tahlil, although it does not invalidate the prayer and is not the speech of humans, is a sign of the end of the prayer and of the separation of the first prayer from the second. For this reason, the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) said: It is better to separate the obligatory prayer from its sunnah by speaking or by moving, moving from his place. Based on the words of the jurists, if one moves from his place where he is in the obligatory prayer to another place in the mosque, whether it is inside the roofed area or in the open courtyard, the intended purpose is achieved.