A hadith like this has been narrated from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) by Abu Usaid.
Read More..Abu Qatada (a Companion of the Prophet) reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: When any one of you enters the mosque, he should observe two rak'ahs (of Nafl prayer) before sitting.
Read More..Abu Qatada, a Companion of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), said: I entered the mosque, when the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had been sitting among people, and I also sat down among them. Upon this the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: What prevented you from offering two rak'ahs (of Nafl prayer) before sitting down? I said: Messenger of Allah, I saw you sitting and people sitting (around you and I, therefore, sat in your company). He (the Holy Prophet) then said: When anyone among you enters the mosque, he should not sit till he has observed two rak'ahs.
Read More..Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) owed me a debt; he paid me back and made an addition (of this). I entered the mosque and he (the Holy Prophet) said to me: Observe two rak'ahs of prayer.
Read More..Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) bought a camel from me. When he came back to Medina, he ordered me to come to the mosque and observed two rak'ahs of prayer.
Read More..Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: I went with the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) on an expedition and my camel delayed me and I was exhausted. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) thus came earlier than I, whereas I came on the next day and went to the mosque and found him (the Holy Prophet) at the gate of the mosque. He said: It is now that you have come. I said. Yes. He said: Leave your camel and enter (the mosque) and observe two rak'ahs. He (the narrator) said: So I entered and observed (two rak'ahs) of prayer and then went back.
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