[60] Mistakes regarding performing Tahiyyatul Masjid on Friday:
[1/ 60] Upon entering the mosque on Friday, some people commit several mistakes one of which is sitting without performing Tahiyyatul Masjid especially those who attend the mosque late while the Im?m is delivering the Khutbah.
It was previously mentioned that once a man entered the mosque [while the prophet ( - ) was delivering his Khutbah] and then the man sat down without performing Tahiyyatul Masjid. Seeing this, the prophet ( - ) said: ‘Whoever enters the mosque while the Im?m is delivering the Khutbah on Friday should perform two short Rak‘ahs’. (1)
The had?th indicates that listening to the Im?m’s Khutbah should not hinder one from doing Tahiyyatul Masjid. Those who believe in the opposite think that the prophet’s ( - ) had?th related by Ibn ‘Umar ( - رضي الله عنه -) to be their evidence. The had?th states: ‘When the Khat?b ascends the pulpit, no Sal?t is to be done, nor speech to take place’!!
This had?th is, however, a fabricated one. It was narrated by At-Tabar?n? in “Al-Kab?r”, and there is Ayy?b Ibn Nahik in its chain of narrators. (2)
Besides having a weak chain of narrators, this had?th contradicts the purport of the previously mentioned one which
(1) The narrators of this had?th were previously mentioned.
(2) This is mentioned in “Majma‘ Az-Zaw?’id” (vol. 2 / p. 184); the book says: ‘In the had?th’s chain of narrators there is Ayy?b Ibn Nahik who is a weak narrator judged to be so by a group of had?th scholars’. In “As-Sunnan Al-Kubr?” (vol. 3 / p. 193), Al-Baihaq? said: ‘Tracing this had?th back to the prophet ( - ) is a grievous mistake’.
Az-Zayla‘? agreed with Al-Baihaq? in the former’s “Nasbur R?yah” (vol. 2 / p. 201). Ab? H?tim also stated the same view about Ab? Ayy?b Ibn Nahik from whom Ab? Zur‘ah does not narrate any had?th. Abu Zur‘ah stated that Ibn Nahik’s narrations were never recited to him [by his Sahikhs].
See also: “Al-Jarh Wat Ta‘d?l” (vol. 1/ 1 / 259), “Fathul B?r?” (vol. 2 / p. 409) and “Silsilat Al-Ah?d?th Ad-Da‘?fah Wal Mawd?‘?h” (no. 87).