Fatwa ID: 05484

Answered by: Maulana Mohammed Haroon Hussain

Question:

Is it permissible to offer nawafil including tahiyatul masjid after fajr sunnah? I have heard that there’s a hadith that one should not offer nawafil after fajr sunnah. To clarify, the brother prays sunnah of fajr at home and then comes to the masjid. Can he pray tahiyyatul masjid then or not?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

There are 2 types of times when salaah is not to be prayed [1].

The first category is sunrise, midday point and sunset. The second category is the time between Fajr and sunrise and the time between asr and close to sunset [2].

When fajr time begins, it is disliked to pray any other nawafil except for the 2 rakaat of sunnah muakkadah [3].

Only Allah knows best

Written by Maulana Mohammed Haroon Hussain

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

[1] واعلم أن الأوقات المكروهة نوعان

ص46 – رد المحتار – جلد 2 – كتاب الصلاة – دار الحديث القاهرة

[2] الأول: الشروق والاستواء والغروب. والثاني: ما بين الفجر والشمس وما بين صلاة العصر الى الاصفرار

والنوع الثاني: ينعقد فيه جميع الصلوات التي ذكرناها من غير كراهة الا النفل والواجب لغيره فانه ينعقد مع الكراهة

ص46 – رد المحتار – جلد 2 – كتاب الصلاة – دار الحديث القاهرة