The Ruling on the Greeting of the Mosque and the Form of the Prayer and Salam
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Question:
What is the ruling on the greeting of the mosque? And what is the correct form that was reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the prayer and salam upon him?
Answer:
The greeting of the mosque is a confirmed recommended practice (sunnah) at all times, including the times of prohibition, according to the correct opinion. One who enters after the 'Asr prayer or after the Fajr prayer is not permitted to sit until he performs these two rak'ahs. This is the sunnah, provided he is in a state of ritual purity.
As for the form of the prayer upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): this is known in the hadiths. Read it at the statement of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He): [Al-Ahzab:56], and also in the hadiths reported regarding the prayer. The scholars have mentioned it and elaborated on it: the hadith of Ka'b ibn Ujr, the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, the hadith of Abu Humayd al-Sa'idi, and the hadith of Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari. The most comprehensive of them is: Sahih al-Bukhari 3370, and some narrations contain less than this.
So if the believer prays with any of these forms that is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then the objective has been achieved. This applies both in the prayer and outside of it. However, in the prayer, it is obligatory to perform this prayer in the final tashahhud according to a group of scholars, while others said it is a recommended practice (sunnah). The opinion that it is obligatory is a strong opinion; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded that in the final tashahhud before the supplication. Then he supplicates after that: seeking refuge with Allah from the punishment of the Hellfire, from the punishment of the grave, from the trial of life and death, and from the trial of the Dajjal (the false messiah). And he supplicates with what is easy for him, then he says the salam. As for the first tashahhud, it is not obligatory in it.
The scholars differed: is it prescribed or not prescribed in the first tashahhud?
The stronger opinion is that it is prescribed. The stronger opinion is that it is recommended for him to pray in the first tashahhud, then he stands up to the third rak'ah before the supplication. And if he shortens it, as he shortens it in the hadith: in the mention of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and in the mention of the hadiths: (peace and blessings be upon him), O Allah, send prayers upon him and grant him peace, peace and blessings be upon him, then there is no harm in that; because the objective is achieved from the statement of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He): [Al-Ahzab:56]. And if he recites it in full as it came in the hadiths, that is more complete. But due to the variation in the mention of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadiths during narration, people shorten it to the least of them to save time.
What is the ruling on the greeting of the mosque? And what is the correct form that was reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the prayer and salam upon him?
Answer:
The greeting of the mosque is a confirmed recommended practice (sunnah) at all times, including the times of prohibition, according to the correct opinion. One who enters after the 'Asr prayer or after the Fajr prayer is not permitted to sit until he performs these two rak'ahs. This is the sunnah, provided he is in a state of ritual purity.
As for the form of the prayer upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): this is known in the hadiths. Read it at the statement of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He):
Indeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allah to grant him] peace.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًاSay: O Allah! Send Your Mercy on Muhammad and on the family of Muhammad, as You sent Your Mercy on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, for You are the Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious. O Allah! Send Your Blessings on Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You sent your Blessings on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, for You are the Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious.
اللهم صلِّ على محمدٍ وعلى آل محمدٍ، كما صليتَ على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم، إنك حميدٌ مجيدٌ، اللهم بارك على محمدٍ وعلى آل محمدٍ، كما باركتَ على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم، إنك حميدٌ مجيدٌSo if the believer prays with any of these forms that is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then the objective has been achieved. This applies both in the prayer and outside of it. However, in the prayer, it is obligatory to perform this prayer in the final tashahhud according to a group of scholars, while others said it is a recommended practice (sunnah). The opinion that it is obligatory is a strong opinion; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded that in the final tashahhud before the supplication. Then he supplicates after that: seeking refuge with Allah from the punishment of the Hellfire, from the punishment of the grave, from the trial of life and death, and from the trial of the Dajjal (the false messiah). And he supplicates with what is easy for him, then he says the salam. As for the first tashahhud, it is not obligatory in it.
The scholars differed: is it prescribed or not prescribed in the first tashahhud?
The stronger opinion is that it is prescribed. The stronger opinion is that it is recommended for him to pray in the first tashahhud, then he stands up to the third rak'ah before the supplication. And if he shortens it, as he shortens it in the hadith: in the mention of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and in the mention of the hadiths: (peace and blessings be upon him), O Allah, send prayers upon him and grant him peace, peace and blessings be upon him, then there is no harm in that; because the objective is achieved from the statement of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He):
O you who have believed, ask [Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allah to grant him] peace.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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