The Ruling on the Greeting of the Mosque and Voluntary Prayer After Sunset and Before the Maghrib Prayer

Q: What is the ruling on the greeting of the mosque after the Maghrib adhan and before the prayer, when the time between the adhan and the iqamah is short? And what is the ruling on voluntary prayer before the Maghrib prayer, other than the greeting of the mosque?

A: The greeting of the mosque is a strongly recommended practice (sunnah muakkadah) at all times, even in the times when prayer is prohibited, according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions; due to the generality of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
And prayer after the Maghrib adhan and before the iqamah is a recommended practice (sunnah) due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): narrated by al-Bukhari.
And the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when the adhan for Maghrib was called, would hasten to pray two rak'ahs before the iqamah, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would observe them and not forbid them from doing so; rather, he commanded it, as in the hadith mentioned above.