didn’t move away from my place till I performed N?filah Sal?t. Having left his place, Mu‘?wiyah sent for me and said: ‘Never do again what you did earlier. When you perform the Jumu‘ah Sal?t, never follow it with N?filah till you speak with others or get out. This was the prophet’s ( - ) order for us’. (1)
Describing the prophet’s ( - ) manner when doing N?filah, Abdull?h Ibn ‘Umar said: ‘He ( - ) used not to perform N?filah after the Jumu‘ah Sal?t till he leaves [the mosque] then does it at home’. (2)
The aforementioned two Ah?d?th include:
[1/ 62] Urging muslims to separate between the Fard and N?filah Sal?t even by just talking with others or moving from one’s praying place to another. It is best that one does N?filah at home. This was indeed the prophet’s ( - ) Sunnah.
(1) Narrated by: Muslim in his “Sah?h” (vol. 2 / p. 601) (no. 883), Ab? D?w?d in “As-Sunnan” (vol. 1 / p. 294) (no. 1129), Ibn Khuzaimah in “As-Sah?h” (vol. 2 / p. 181) and (vol. 3 / p. 102), Ahmad in “Al-Musnad” (vol. 3 / no. 94, 95), Abdir Razz?q in his “Musannaf” (vol. 3 / p. 449) (no. 5534), At-Tabar?n? in “Al-Kab?r” (vol. 19 / p. 315) and Al-Baihaq? in “As-Sunnan Al-Kubr?” (vol. 3 / p. 240).
(2) Narrated by: Al-Bukh?r? in his “Sah?h” (no. 937, 1165, 1172 and 1180) and Muslim (vol. 2 / p. 600) (no. 882).