If a person leaves the mosque with the intention of not returning, does he have to pray two rak'ahs if he returns?
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The questioner : If a person leaves the mosque with the intention of ... his return ... he does not come back, and then he returns?
The Shaykh : He prays two rak'ahs, yes. This is an important issue. If a person leaves the mosque intending to part with it, and then, after taking a few steps, he decides to return, we say: if you return, do not sit down until you have prayed two rak'ahs. However, if he left the mosque to perform wudu', or to fetch a book of his, or something similar, and then returned, this does not require him to repeat the greeting of the mosque. Yes?
The Shaykh : He prays two rak'ahs, yes. This is an important issue. If a person leaves the mosque intending to part with it, and then, after taking a few steps, he decides to return, we say: if you return, do not sit down until you have prayed two rak'ahs. However, if he left the mosque to perform wudu', or to fetch a book of his, or something similar, and then returned, this does not require him to repeat the greeting of the mosque. Yes?