The voluntary prayers before and after Friday prayer

Question:
The questioner, in his final question, asks: "Regarding Friday prayer, please clarify for us the voluntary prayers before and after it? Where do we pray the voluntary prayer after it, and is it correct that if one prays it in the mosque it is four rak'ahs, and if one prays it at home it is two rak'ahs?"

Answer:
It is prescribed for the believer to pray whatever is easy for him before Friday prayer—two, or four, or six, or eight, or more; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not set a specific limit in this matter. Rather, he said: and he did not specify a number. In another wording: This indicates that one should pray whatever Allah makes easy for him: two rak'ahs, or four rak'ahs, or six rak'ahs, or eight rak'ahs, or more than that, offering the closing salam after every two, based on his statement (peace and blessings be upon him): This is the most preferable; one prays what Allah has decreed for him.
As for after the prayer, the Sunnah is four rak'ahs, whether in the house or in the mosque; based on his statement (peace and blessings be upon him): and in the other wording: which Muslim recorded in his Sahih.
This indicates that the Sunnah after the prayer is four—two salam—whether one prays them in the mosque or in the house. It is also established from him (peace and blessings be upon him): Perhaps this was before he told the people: Perhaps this was initially, and then he clarified to them that the Sunnah is four. It is also possible that he performed two rak'ahs at home to indicate that there is no harm in doing so. Whoever prays four, that is the most preferable. If he prays two, there is no harm, and the matter is not one of obligation.
The point is: that four is the most preferable. Praying four—two salam—in the mosque or in the house, this is the most preferable after Friday prayer, based on his statement (peace and blessings be upon him): and in the other wording: This indicates that the Sunnah is four, meaning: two salam, whether one performs them in the house or in the mosque. The matter is broad in this regard, and praise be to Allah. Yes.

The presenter: Praise be to Allah. May Allah reward you with good, Your Eminence, the Shaykh.