{"id":7015,"date":"2025-11-14T02:37:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T02:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=7015"},"modified":"2025-11-14T02:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T02:37:40","slug":"offering-the-two-rakat-of-greeting-the-masjid-recommended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=7015","title":{"rendered":"Offering the Two Rakat of Greeting the Masjid: Recommended?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">The Two Rakat of Greeting the Masjid<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Question:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">What is the ruling of offering the two <em>rakahs<\/em> of greeting the mosque? Is it permissible to pray them during the <em>khutabah<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/fatwas-rulings\/what-is-the-ruling-of-the-sunnah-before-jumuah-friday-prayer\/\">Friday sermon<\/a>)? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Answer:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">In the name of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/category\/islamic-creed\/almighty-allah\/\">Allah<\/a>, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\"><em>Tahiyat Al-Masjid<\/em> (&#8220;greeting the mosque&#8221;) is recommended according to most of the scholars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: &#8220;When one of you enters the mosque, let him not sit down until he has prayed two <em>rak`ahs<\/em>.&#8221; (Al-Bukhari)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">In this video, Dr. Muhammad Salah explains the ruling of greeting the mosque.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Huda Youtube Channel.<\/em><a href='https:\/\/prayerinislam.com\/offering-the-two-rakat-of-greeting-the-masjid-recommended\/' target='_blank'>Soucre Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the ruling of offering the two rakahs of greeting the masjid (mosque)? 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