How Should We Greet the Masjid?

Of people in therein. That the individual should begin with to they should initiate their entrance into the Masjid by praying to Raqah. After this, the person may approach whoever they are going to sit with and initiate that encounter with a Salem by saying Masjid. Masjid. Masjid.

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This salah is referred to often times by the scholars of Islamic jurors. These two are referred to as the salutation prayer of the Masjid. What is meant by the salutation prayer of the Masjid. What's meant by this is that when an individual enters the Masjid that they do not treat the Masjid as they do any other building or any other home. The Masjid is special. It is sacred and it has a right. It holds a right over. It's attendee and so, what's in what's meant here is that when a person enters the Masjid, they are to pray and start there and begin their time in the Masjid with prayer, with salah. If there is a salah going on or if they have a prayer to make, that is fine. It doesn't have to be too right? So, for instance, let's say a person comes to the Masjid and have to make for instance. The and they want to make as well to masjid. Masjid. They can just make two raka for for because what's intended here is that a person initiate and begin his time in the Masjid with salah. For this reason, the companions of all the when they would to the masjid and is going on, They would join the immediately And they would pray the with the prophet and that's it. They wouldn't stand up after that prayer and make two raka. If it was necessary, those two raka were intended essentially, then yes, according to the patterns and the principles of they would stand up after salah and make two raka for the masjid but this is not something that they would do. Because they understood that the two for salutation of the masjid. What's intended is not necessarily two raka. What's intended is that a person begin his time in the Masjid. Initiate himself into the Masjid. With Salah. With salah. So if a person enters the Masjid and there's no salah going on. And they don't have any salah to make. And they just want to in the Masjid and sit or spend time in the Masjid. then in this case, the person would make two raka and their intention for these two raka is salutation of the Masjid. Masjid, right? Otherwise, any salah will do as long as a person begins his time in the Masjid with salah. This is what is intended.

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So, that's the first responsibility. The first thing we do when we enter the Masjid, we enter with our right foot and we say, bismillah, the next thing, the next responsibility, Is that the person prays in Masjid that they pray at least. We say at least two raka. as salutation to the masjid. He says, and then the person says to whoever they approach in the Masjid. It's not to be understood from this. That if a person walks into the masjid and there's somebody standing right at the door that they don't say salaam alaikum. That's not what's intended. Because what's meant here is that you enter the masjid from a distance. The the door is far from where people are sitting. So, you enter the door, you enter the masjid. Before you approach whoever you're going to spend your time within the Masjid, you pray to Masjid. You pray to Raka and then you come and approach them and say assalamu alaikum. It doesn't mean that you ignore anyone on your way. If you enter the masjids, the people standing on the stairs, people in the office, people in. When you walk by them, you salaam alaikum because we learned before that the person who passes those who are standing says a salaam to them, right? Person who is younger says salaam to the one who is older. We mentioned all of those. Last week. Yakulu, Ibnal Kaim then says, with regards to the way that the prophet would convey a salam is that if he would enter his home at night, At night, meaning people are usually sleeping, right? He would say a Salem in a low voice. A voice soft enough that if someone were sleeping, their sleep would not be disturbed. Yet, if someone were awake, they would hear him. So, you walk into your house and you know, someone's sleeping on the couch. You would say, assalamu alaikum and a voice low enough that it wouldn't disturb them if they were sleeping but if they were awake, they could hear you and respond to a this is how the prophet would convey a salaam to someone who is sleeping. He mentions a narration collected by that a salaam should proceed Kalem. As Salam saying assalamu alaikum. Should proceed come before speaking. So, when you want to speak to someone, you want to initiate conversation with someone who is Muslim, you begin with. Assalamu alaikum. and Imam Ahmed collected in his on the authority of that the prophet said the salutation of a salaam should proceed any question, you know, when you go to someone's house or you go into the Masjid or especially the prophet he would be in the masjid. People would come looking for him. They have questions to ask him. They have issues they need to address. he would say should be your question, your inquiry, whatever it is, the favor you're asking, it should be preceded by by Assalam. You begin with a Salam and then you ask for whatever it is that you've come for. and he then said, and so whoever begins does not begin with or begins with their question or what they're seeking before Assalam then do not answer his request. Allah.