Several ah?d?th were related in the “Sunnan” by Ibn M?jah (1) traced back to Ab? Hurairah and J?bir ( - ) to have said: ‘Sulaik Al-Ghataf?n? once entered the mosque while the prophet ( - ) was delivering his Khutbah. The prophet ( - ) asked him: ‘Have you performed the two Rak‘ahs before you came?’ Sulaik answered in the negative. The prophet ( - ) then said: ‘Do them now and make them short’’.
Ab? Sh?mah said: ‘Some of our contemporary writers interpreted the words “before you came” to indicate that these two Rak‘ahs are the Pre-Jumu‘ah Sunnah Sal?t not the ones of Tahiyyatul Masjid. (2) They seemed to have understood that the words mean “before you came to the mosque”; that is: at home. But this is not true.
This had?th is narrated in the two “Sah?hs” (3) and other compilations (4) , and none of their narrations includes this phrase “before you came”.
The narration -stated in Al-Bukh?r?’s “Sah?h” and traced back to J?bir- states: ‘A man attended the mosque while the prophet ( - ) was delivering his Khutbah on Friday. The prophet ( - )
(1) Sunnan Ibn M?jah, the book of “Iq?matus Sal?t”, chapter: “The narrations about entering the mosque while the Im?m is delivering his speech” (vol. 1 / pp. 353 - 4) ( no. 1114).
(2) This view was held be Abul Barak?t Ibn Taymiyyah as clearly stated in “Z?d al-Ma‘?d” (vol. 1 / p. 434) but refuted by his grand son Abul ‘Abb?s.
(3) Some scholars attributed this narration to Im?m Muslim only such as: Al-Munthir? in “Mukhtasar Sunnan Ab? D?w?d” (vol. 2 / p. 23), At-Tabr?z? in “Mishk?tul Mas?b?h” (vol. 1 / p. 442), Al-Majd Ibn Taymiyyah in “Muntaqal Akhb?r” (vol. 3 / p. 314), Ibn Hajar in “Al-Fath” (vol. 2 / p. 407) and in his “At-Talkh?s” (vol. 2 / p. 61) and As-Suy?t? in “Al-J?m?‘ As-Sagh?r: (vol. 1 / p. 85). That which Ab? Sh?mah stated is the truth, both Al-Bukh?r? and Muslim narrated the had?th. The former narrated it in “Kit?b Al-Tahajjud” of his “Sah?h”, chapter: “Narrations regarding Nafilah Sal?t in twos” (vol. 3 / p. 49) (no. 1166) - with Fathul B?r?”, and the later narrated it in “Kit?bul Jumu‘ah” of his “Sah?h”, chapter: “Performing Tahiyyatul Masjid while the Im?m is delivering the Khutbah” (vol. 2 / pp. 596 - 7) (no. 57) and (59).
(4) See: “The Sunnan” by Ab? D?w?d (vol. 1 / p. 291), “The Sunnan” by Ad-D?rim? (vol. 1 / p. 364) and the “Musnad” by Ahmad (vol. 3 / p. 297).