Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 3 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 718

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

وَمَا يُشْرَعُ بَعْدَهَا، وَمَا يُشْرَعُ فِي يَوْمِهَا، فَلَا سُنَّةَ قَبْلَهَا - يَعْنِي لَيْسَ لَهَا رَاتِبَةٌ - إِذَا جَاءَ الْإِنْسَانُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ يُصَلِّي مَا شَاءَ - إِلَى أَنْ يَحْضُرَ الْإِمَامُ - مِنْ غَيْرِ عَدَدٍ مُعَيَّنٍ، يُصَلِّي أَحْيَانًا، وَيَقْرَأُ أَحْيَانًا حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ الْإِمَامُ، سَوَاءٌ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، أَوْ صَلَّى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ، أَوْ سِتَّ رَكَعَاتٍ، أَوْ ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ، عَلَى حَسَبِ نَشَاطِهِ، وَأَمَّا بَعْدَهَا فَلَهَا سُنَّةٌ رَاتِبَةٌ، وَالسُّنَّةُ الرَّاتِبَةُ الَّتِي بَعْدَهَا: رَكْعَتَانِ فِي الْبَيْتِ لِقَوْلِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى الْجُمُعَةَ لَا يُصَلِّي بَعْدَهَا شَيْئًا حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، فَيُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ»، وَفِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ الَّذِي ذَكَرَهُ الْمُؤَلِّفُ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: «إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الْجُمُعَةَ، فَلْيُصَلِّ بَعْدَهَا أَرْبَعًا»

(from previous page) ⟵ Muslim extracted it: Book of Friday Prayer, Chapter on Prayer after Friday Prayer, number and what is prescribed after it, and what is prescribed on its day, so there is no Sunnah before it - meaning it does not have a regular (fixed) prayer - if a person comes to the mosque, he prays as much as he wishes - until the Imam arrives - without a specific number, he prays sometimes, and reads sometimes until the Imam comes, whether he prays two rak'ahs, or four rak'ahs, or six rak'ahs, or eight rak'ahs, according to his energy. As for after it, it has a regular Sunnah, and the regular Sunnah after it is: two rak'ahs at home, due to the saying of Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both: "The Prophet (peace be upon him), when he prayed Friday prayer, would not pray anything after it until he returned to his house, and then he would pray two rak'ahs." And in the hadith of Abu Hurairah, which the author mentioned: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "If one of you prays Friday prayer, then let him pray four after it."

فَاخْتَلَفَ الْعُلَمَاءُ رَحِمَهُمُ اللَّهُ هَلْ سُنَّةُ الْجُمُعَةِ أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ، يَعْنِي بِسَلَامَيْنِ أَمْ رَكْعَتَانِ؟

Scholars have differed on whether the Sunnah of Jumu'ah is four rak'ahs, meaning with two taslims, or just two.

فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَالَ: إِنَّهَا أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ؛ لِأَنَّ هَذَا هُوَ الَّذِي أَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ، وَأَمَّا الرَّكْعَتَانِ فَهُمَا فِعْلُهُ، وَأَمْرُهُ مُقَدَّمٌ عَلَى فِعْلِهِ، فَتَكُونُ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ.

Some argue it is four rak'ahs because that is what the Prophet commanded. They contend that his command takes precedence over his personal practice of two rak'ahs, thus establishing the count as four.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (17 verbs · 31 nouns)

• شَرَعَ — to legislate
• جَاءَ — to come
• صَلَّى — to pray
• يَوْم — day
• سُنَّة — sunnah
• رَاتِبَة — regular (prayer)