If a person leaves the mosque with the intention of returning, does he pray the greeting of the mosque when he enters?
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The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O honorable Shaykh. I entered the mosque and prayed two rak'ahs as the greeting of the mosque, then I left with the intention of returning. If I return, am I obligated to pray two rak'ahs?
The Shaykh : If a person leaves the mosque with the intention of returning, and he returns from a short distance, he does not pray the greeting of the mosque. For example, if he leaves to perform wudu' and returns, or leaves to bring a book from his house and returns, or leaves to speak to a person and returns, he does not pray because the time is short. However, if the time is long, he should pray two rak'ahs. When we pray Dhuhr, we all leave the mosque with the intention of returning for the 'Asr prayer. Do we say that when we return for the 'Asr prayer, we do not pray? No, we do not pray. The important point is that if it is for a task that he will return from shortly, he does not pray, relying on the first prayer.
The questioner : The evidence.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : The evidence.
The Shaykh : That the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted the one in i'tikaf to leave for his need to his house and then return. This indicates that a slight exit is not considered an exit from the mosque. So, this person who left the mosque with the intention of returning from a short distance is as if he did not leave it.
The questioner : There is no evidence for dropping it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : There is no evidence for ... in dropping it.
The Shaykh : No, no, there is evidence. I told you, if the one in i'tikaf leaves—originally, it is not permissible for the one in i'tikaf to leave the mosque—the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not make this exit a breaker of the i'tikaf. So, it is as if he is still in the mosque.
The questioner : If he returns, there is no evidence that drops the two rak'ahs.
The Shaykh : We do not know if he returned without wudu' and did not pray. The discussion is that when he left for a need and returned to the mosque, his i'tikaf was not broken, so it is as if he is present in the mosque.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no, no.Sahih al-Bukhari 1167 This is considered being inside the mosque, meaning he is not considered to have left it. This is within the scope of the first entry, and his exit for the need from which he returned shortly is as if he did not leave, as if he is still remaining.
The questioner : If a person sees him outside, he says, "This one has entered."
The Shaykh : Leave it to me. If he sees him between him and Allah. It is finished, finished, finished. The time, yes, it is finished.
The Shaykh : If a person leaves the mosque with the intention of returning, and he returns from a short distance, he does not pray the greeting of the mosque. For example, if he leaves to perform wudu' and returns, or leaves to bring a book from his house and returns, or leaves to speak to a person and returns, he does not pray because the time is short. However, if the time is long, he should pray two rak'ahs. When we pray Dhuhr, we all leave the mosque with the intention of returning for the 'Asr prayer. Do we say that when we return for the 'Asr prayer, we do not pray? No, we do not pray. The important point is that if it is for a task that he will return from shortly, he does not pray, relying on the first prayer.
The questioner : The evidence.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : The evidence.
The Shaykh : That the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted the one in i'tikaf to leave for his need to his house and then return. This indicates that a slight exit is not considered an exit from the mosque. So, this person who left the mosque with the intention of returning from a short distance is as if he did not leave it.
The questioner : There is no evidence for dropping it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : There is no evidence for ... in dropping it.
The Shaykh : No, no, there is evidence. I told you, if the one in i'tikaf leaves—originally, it is not permissible for the one in i'tikaf to leave the mosque—the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not make this exit a breaker of the i'tikaf. So, it is as if he is still in the mosque.
The questioner : If he returns, there is no evidence that drops the two rak'ahs.
The Shaykh : We do not know if he returned without wudu' and did not pray. The discussion is that when he left for a need and returned to the mosque, his i'tikaf was not broken, so it is as if he is present in the mosque.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no, no.
If anyone of you enters a Mosque, he should not sit until he has offered a tworak` at
إذا دخل المسجد فلا يجلس حتى يصليThe questioner : If a person sees him outside, he says, "This one has entered."
The Shaykh : Leave it to me. If he sees him between him and Allah. It is finished, finished, finished. The time, yes, it is finished.