▪️Do I pray first or listen to the khutbah▪️

🌹 بســـم اللــه الرحــمــن الـرحـــيــم 🌹

▪️Do I pray first or listen to the khutbah▪️

Answered by Shaykh Abu Hamza Hassan bin Muhammed Ba Shu'ayb - may Allah preserve him- on the 6th, Shawwaal, 1440H

📝🔹Question:

Oh sheikh Abu Hamza -may Allah preserve you-, if someone enters the masjid while the imaam is giving the khutbah (Friday sermon) should he sit down and listen to the khutbah or pray 2 rak'ah (units of prayer) first?

📩🔸Answer:

He prays 2 rak'ah due to the generality of the hadeeth:
"If one of you enters the masjid then let him not sit until he has prayed 2 rak'ah"
And the hadeeth: "If one of you comes (to the masjid) and the imaam is giving the khutbah or he has left, should pray 2 ra'kah"

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Translated by:
Abu Huthayfah
Saami Al-hindy