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.
Read More..Ka'b b. Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) did not come back from the journey but by day in the forenoon, and when he arrived, he went first to the mosque, and having prayed two rak'ahs in it he sat down in it.
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