The balanced, just position is the one that matches the sound, authentic Sunnah. It is firmly established that the Prophet ﷺ used to pray two rak‘ahs after the Friday prayer, and in Sahih Muslim he said: “Whoever among you wishes to pray after the Friday prayer, let him pray four.” A number of Companions reported six rak‘ahs as a way of reconciling these two traditions. The Sunnah is to separate the obligatory prayer from the voluntary one on Friday,