Solāh Tahiyyatul-Masjid
Tahiyyatul-Masjid is Permitted At All Times When Prayer is Not Allowed
If a person enters the Masjid during one of the time when making prayer is makrūh (eg. sunrise, sunset, zawāl...), does he still have to pray two rak’at of Tahiyyatul-Masjid?
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
Anyone who enters a Masjid is to offer the Solāh Tahiyyatul Masjid before sitting and it is permitted to be done at all times when prayer is generally disallowed. It is because of the general applicability of the sahih hadith.
One should perform two Raka’at (Tahiyyatul-Masjid) before sitting.
Abu Qatadah (radiallāhu`anhu) reported that the Prophet (sallallāhu 'alaihi wa sallam) said:
"Whoever enters a mosque should perform two Raka’at (Tahiyyatul-Masjid) before sitting"
[Al-Bukhari, Muslim]
Jabir ibn ‘Abdullāh (radiallāhu`anhu) said: "Sulayk Al-Ghatafani came on Friday when the Rasūlullāh (sallallāhu 'alaihi wa sallam) was delivering the Khutbah. When he (Sulayk) sat down, the Prophet (sallallāhu 'alaihi wa sallam) said to him:
"O! Sulayk stand up and pray two Raka’at and do not read much in them". Then he (the Prophet Sallallāhu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: "If any of you comes to the mosque on Friday while the Imām is delivering the Khutbah, he prays two Raka’at without lengthening them".
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
This is one of the prayers that are done for a specific reason, like Salāt al-Tawāf (prayer done after circumambulating the Ka’abah) and Salāt al-Kusūf (prayer at the time of an eclipse). It is permissible to be performed at times when prayer is generally disallowed, like making up missed prayers.
In relation to Salāt al-Tawāf, the Prophet (sallallāhu 'alaihi wa sallam) said:
“O Banu ‘Abd Manāf, do not prevent anyone from circumambulating this House and praying at any time of night or day.”
[Imām Ahmad with a sahīh isnād]
And in relation to Salāt al-Kusūf, the Prophet (sallallāhu 'alaihi wa sallam) said:
“The sun and moon are two of the Signs of Allāh; they are not eclipsed because of the death or life of anyone.”
[Muslim]
Entering the mosque and the adzān was being given for the prayer
When you enter the mosque and the adzān was being given for the prayer it is better to respond to the adzān first, then you may pray Tahiyyat al-Masjid, so as to combine two virtuous deeds. But the issue is flexible.
[Al-Lajnah al-Dā’imah Li’l-Buhūth al-‘Ilmiyyah wa’l-Iftā’, 7/273]
If the Iqāmah is called
In the case of the Iqamah is called for Fajar prayer or any prayer; one may have to forgo the Tahiyyat al-Masjid as doing the fardhu (obligatory) prayer is sufficient at that situation.
The evidence is based from a sahih hadith:
The Prophet (sallallāhu 'alaihi wa sallam) said:
“If Iqāmah is called for the prayer then there is no prayer except the obligatory one”
[Sahih Muslim, 1/493]
If a person enters the mosque and is praying the sunnah while the iqāmah is called, then the opinion in this case is that if he is in his second rak‘ah, he should shorten it, and if he is in the first rak‘ah, he should just break his prayer and enter the congregation with the Imam.
So, if one has performed the ruku ‘for the second rak‘ah, then he should complete the prayer, and if not, then he should discontinue because what is left from his sujud and tashahhud is not needed any more. Moreover, he should break without Salam, and it is enough to have the intention in the heart, contrary to common misconception.
Prayers when entering the mosque just before the Iqāmah
Imām An-Nawawi (rahimullāh) said: 'It is not a condition that when one prays a two raka’at to intend it for the salutation to the mosque (Tahiyyat al-Masjid). If you perform two raka’at, with intention of doing any kind of prayer; or intends two raka’at supererogatory prayer, or any other prayer, or an obligatory prayer which is then due, or making up for a missed obligatory prayer, then this is considered sufficient for him. In such a manner, what one intends by praying a two rak’ahs is achieved and the two rak’at of salutation to the mosque are included in that as well, and there is no difference of opinion about this. Similarly, if one intends the obligatory prayer and the two rak’ahs of salutation to the mosque, or intends the supererogatory prayer and the two raka’at of salutation to the mosque, then one achieves both purposes without any difference of opinion on this.'
Entering the mosque and the adzān was being given for the prayer
When you enter the mosque and the adzān was being given for the prayer it is better to respond to the adzān first, then you may pray Tahiyyatul-Masjid, so as to combine two virtuous deeds. But the issue is flexible.
Entering the mosque and the imam may order that the Iqāmah
But in the case the imam may order that the Iqāmah be given for Fajar prayer, after which there is no need for Tahiyyatul-Masjid, because praying the fardu (obligatory) prayer is sufficient and means that there is no longer any need to do Tahiyyatul-Masjid. The member of the congregation may also forego Tahiyyatul-Masjid if he enters the mosque when the Iqāmah is being given.
[Al-Lajnah al-Dā’imah Li’l-Buhūth al-‘Ilmiyyah wa’l-Iftā’, 7/272]
Allāh Almighty knows best.
[Adapted from Islam QA (Fatāwa No: 306; No 5070; No: 5074)]
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