When we are at the mosque sometimes after praying Fardh prayer you notice people around you moving to different parts of the Masjid in order to pray their Sunnah.
and may be you’ve been wondering why?
Well the answer is, these people are implementing a forgotten Sunnah mashaAllaah.
‘Umar ibn ‘Ata bin Abi Al-Khuwar narrated that Nafi bin Jubair sent him to As-Sa’ib bin Yazid,the maternal nephew of Namir, asking him regarding something Mu’awiyah had seen him do in the prayer. He said: “ I prayed Jum’uah with Mu’awiyah in his enclosure and when he finished, I stood up in my place and prayed. When he went inside he sent for me and said” Do not repeat what you have just done. If you pray Jum’uah don’t join it with another prayer until you speak or exit the masjid. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us to separate between prayers. One prayer mustn’t be joined with another until you speak or exit.Collected by Muslim (883)
and Imaam an-Nawawee explains this saying: (more…)