Is it true that the post-Jumu'ah sunnah, if a person prays it at home, is two rak'ahs, and if he prays it in the mosque, it is four rak'ahs?
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The questioner : Okay, Shaykh, regarding the post-Jumu'ah sunnah: is it two rak'ahs at home and four in the mosque?
The Shaykh : No, this distinction has no basis in the Sunnah. This distinction was mentioned by one of the narrators of the hadith, and not by the Companions. The legal ruling is that if you pray two rak'ahs or four, it is permissible if you pray them in the mosque, and if you pray them at home, whether two or four, that is better. Is that clear?
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : I mean, there is no difference between two rak'ahs and four. Praying the two or the four in the mosque is permissible, and at home it is better. Is that clear?
The questioner : Is that clear?
The Shaykh : No, this distinction has no basis in the Sunnah. This distinction was mentioned by one of the narrators of the hadith, and not by the Companions. The legal ruling is that if you pray two rak'ahs or four, it is permissible if you pray them in the mosque, and if you pray them at home, whether two or four, that is better. Is that clear?
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : I mean, there is no difference between two rak'ahs and four. Praying the two or the four in the mosque is permissible, and at home it is better. Is that clear?
The questioner : Is that clear?
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