QA 466

2 Question 466

Assalaam alaykum warahmotullAahi wabarakaatuhu
My question goes thus:
As it's known to us that it's prohibited to observe a voluntary noofilah after solaatul asr. But there comes a brother who missed the congregation of asr, and request from one of his brother who has already observed his asr to make charity to him by joining him in praying the asr in congregation, to benefits him as congregation and noofilah to his brother.
The question is: will the brother who have already observed his asr join him? Perhaps,  if he join him, won't his solaat be regarded as noofilah after asr which is prohibited?

Answers to 466

Praise be to AlLaah, may His Pease and blessings be showered upon the prophet sallalLaahu alayhi wasallam.

Al-Bukhaari (1197) and Muslim (827) narrated from Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri (may Allaah be pleased with him) that he said:

“There is no prayer after ‘Asr prayer until the sun has set and there is no prayer after Fajr prayer until the sun has risen.”

This hadeeth applies to all forms of salaah with some exceptions such as tahiyyatul masjid (salaat observed upon entering the masjid) etc. Part of the exception is the case mentioned in the question. So the one who has prayed Asr and been requested to join the new Comer to make a congregation, he is allowed to join him and will not be considered violating the hadeeth above, this is because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) prayed Fajr in Mina one day, and when he finished he saw two men who had not prayed with him, and asked them, “Why did you not pray?” They said: We prayed in our camp. He said: “If you have prayed in your camp then you come to the mosque of the congregation, then pray with them.”
NB: This was after Fajr prayer.

Summarily, it is allowed to join such new Comer with the intention of sadaqah (naafilah). This is the view of al-Shaafa’i (may Allaah have mercy on him) and one of the two views narrated from Imam Ahmad, as well as being the view favoured by Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) and it is the correct view, because there is no prohibition on the prayers for which there is a reason.

Allaah knows best

Answered by Ustaadh Ariyibi, Abu Muhammad, Hafidhohulloh