Works of Abul Baraa Muhamad Amreeki

Question & Answer By Shaykh Saleh Luhaidan may Allah preserve him ” Does one enters the Masjid for Salahtul Jumah and prays two Rakat while the Khateeb (speaker) is on the Mimbar (pulpit), or just sit down”

Question: Do you leave off Tahiyatul Masjid (two rakats prayed when greeting and entering the masjid) while the Imam is upon the mimbar (pulpit)?

Answer: No.  He doesn’t leave off Tahiyatul Masjid and you pray it while the imam is giving the sermon. A man enter while the Prophet sallahu wa alayhi wa salam was giving a sermon so he sat, so the Prophet (sallahu wa alyhi wa salam) said: ” did you not pray two rakaats?” so he said (replied) “no”, so he said to him “stand and pray” so he prayed two rakat.

So the correct and strongest view with the people of knowledge (scholars of Islam) that he who enters while the imam is giving the sermon that he prays two rakaats before he sits down.

Translated by Abul Baraa Muhammad Amreeki

س: هل تسقط تحية المسجد، والإمام على المنبر؟.

ج: لا يسقط تحية المسجد تصلى والإمام يخطب،دخل رجل دخل والنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يخطب فجلس، فقال “صليت ركعتين؟ فقال: لا. قال: قم صل فصلي ركعتين” فالقول الراجح عند أهل العلم أن من دخل والإمام يخطب عليه أن يصلي ركعتين قبل أن يجلس .