🌹The Sunnah Prayers after Jumu’ah — Al-Imām Ibn Bāz
In the name of Allaah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
Question:
Is it allowed to pray voluntary prayers (nawāfil) immediately after the Jumu’ah Prayer?
Answer:
The Sunnah after Jumu’ah is to pray four rak’ahs. The Prophet (salallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Whoever prays after Jumu’ah, let him pray four [rak’ahs].” [1] If you [therefore] pray after Jumu’ah, pray four rak’ahs, and the Sunnah is that he prays [the four] with two tasleems (i.e. two rak’ahs at a time] — and that is better.
And if he prays [the four altogether] with one only one tasleem [at the end] then that is sufficient. So four rak’ahs is best.
It is established from the Messenger (salallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) that he would pray two rak’ahs Sunnah prayer in his house after Jumu’ah but what he instructed with carries more weight – and he instructed with four 4⃣ rak’ahs and his instruction is more emphatic.
So the Sunnah prayer and what is best is to pray four rak’ahs whether it be in the Masjid or in his house with two tasleems (i.e. two rak’ahs at a time) after Jumu’ah. [2]
Footnotes:
[1] Muslim no. 881
[2] Question to the noble Shaikh Ibn Bāz after his class at the Masjid Al-Harām dated 28/12/1418. Majmoo’ Fatāwa of Shaikh Ibn Bāz 30/269)
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