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Is there a Sunnah prayer before and after Jumuah?
Question:
When I go to the mosque on Friday the athaan is pronounced, then everyone
prays 2 or 4 rakaat.Then the athan is again pronounced and immediately after it
iqamah .Having prayed 2 Jum'ah rakaat people pray again 2 or 4
rakaat.Besides,the imaam when supplicating raises hands then wipes his face and
everyone follows him. Is it bid'ah? If so,what should I do (just look at
others?)
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used
to come out of his house on the day of Jumuah (Friday) and climb up on his
minbar. Then the muezzin would give the Adhaan, and when he finished, the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would start his khutbah.
If there were any Sunnah prayer to be done before Jumuah, he (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) would have told them about it and directed
them to do it after the Adhaan, and he would have done it himself. At the time
of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) there was nothing
apart from the Adhaan just before the khutbah.
Hence the majority of the imaams agreed that there is no sunnah to be done
at a specific time before Jumuah with a specific number of rakahs, because
that would have been reported from the words or actions of the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and nothing of that nature has been
reported from him.
This is the madhhab of Maalik, al-Shaafai and most of his companions, and is
the well known view in the madhhab of Ahmad.
Al-Iraaqi said:
I have not seen anything to indicate that the three imaams
recommended praying Sunnah before it [Jumuah].
The muhaddith al-Albaani commented:
For that reason this so-called Sunnah is not mentioned in 'Kitaab
al-Umm' by Imaam al-Shaafai, or in 'al-Masaail' by Imaam Ahmad, or by any
of the other early imaams, as far as I know.
Hence I say:
Those who pray this Sunnah are not following the Messenger or imitating
any of the imaams; on the contrary, they are imitating the later scholars who
are like them in that they are also imitators [of earlier scholars] rather than
mujtahideen [scholars who investigate and form their own rulings]. I am amazed
to see an imitator imitating another imitator.
(See al-Qawl al-Mubeen, 60, 374).
Moreover, between the first call of Jumuah prayer and the second call,
there should be sufficient time for people to get ready to pray, not just the
time it takes to pray two rakahs or thereabouts, as is done in some countries
and some mosques.
With regard to making duaa together in one voice behind the imaam after
the prayer,
Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen answered this question in al-Fataawaa, p. 368, where
he said:
This is one of the bidahs which was not reported from the Prophet or
from his companions. What is prescribed in Islam is for people to remember
Allaah Alone after the prayer, in accordance with the teachings of the
Messenger of Allaah, and this should be done aloud, as reported in Saheeh
al-Bukhaari from Ibn Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with them both), who
said:
People used to raise their voices in Dhikr [remembrance of Allaah] after
finishing the prescribed prayer at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him).
With regard to the prayer after Jumuah,
Ibn al-Qayyim said in al-Zaad (1/440):
When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) had prayed
Jumuah, he would enter his house and pray two Rakahs of Sunnah, and he
commanded those who had prayed it to pray four rakahs afterwards.
Our shaykh, Abul-Abbaas Ibn Taymiyah said:
if he prayed in the mosque, he would pray four, and if he prayed at home,
he would pray two.
I say: this is what is indicated by many ahaadeeth.
Abu Dawood reported in his Sunan (1130) from Ibn Umar that when he prayed in
the mosque, he prayed four and when he prayed at home, he prayed two.
With regard to wiping the face after making duaa,
This is not reported in any saheeh hadeeth; indeed, some of the scholars
stated that it is bidah. See 'Mujam al-Bida (p. 227).
Do not do that which is bidah and do not take part in it; advise and enjoin
people to follow the Sunnah; remind them and tell them about the Islamic
ruling. We ask Allaah to guide us all to the Straight Path; may Allaah bless
our Prophet Muhammad.
Islam Q&A
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
Source: Islamqa.com.
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