Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked:
Is it permissible to enter the masjid and sit therein without
performing Salaah until the Adhaan is pronounced?
He responded: There is no harm in entering the
masjid and sitting therein in order to rest or to take a siesta or the like of
that. There is no objection to that. This is because some of the Companions
used to sleep in the masjid during the era of the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi
wasallam). However, it is not proper for a person to sit down except after
observing the tahiyyatul-masjid if he has ablution. If he has ablution,
he should observe two rak’ah and then sit down. But if he does not have
ablution, there is no blame on him if he sits down.
Source: Fataawaa Noor ala ad- Darb, vol.
12 p. 207.
Translator’s
note: The Shaikh’s view is also supported by the following hadeeth recorded by
al Bukhaaree from Aboo Waaqid al-Laythee who reported that while Allaah's Messenger
(sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) was sitting in the masjid with some people, three
men came. Two of them came in front of Allaah's Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi
wasallam) and the third one went away. The two persons kept on standing before Allaah's
Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) for a while and then one of them found
a place in the circle and sat there while the other sat behind the gathering[1],
and the third one went away. When Allaah's Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi
wasallam) finished his talk, he said, “Shall I tell you about these three
persons? One of them be-took himself to Allaah, so Allaah took him into His
grace and mercy and accommodated him, the second felt shy from Allaah, so Allaah
sheltered Him in His mercy (and did not punish him), while the third turned his
face from Allaah and went away, so Allaah turned His face from him likewise.”
[1] Both of them sat down without praying tahiyyatul-masjid
and the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) did not order them to pray it. And
Allaah knows best.
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