and others: “Wā’il’s hadith is more authentic than Abū Hurayra’s.” This issue has already been discussed fully in this book, and praise be to Allah.

After offering the Friday prayer, he ﷺ would enter his home and pray two rak‘ahs as its sunnah prayer. He instructed those who offered the Friday prayer to pray four rak‘ahs afterwards. Our teacher Abū al-‘Abbās Ibn Taymiyya, may Allah have mercy on him, said: “If one prays in the mosque, one should pray four rak‘ahs; if one prays at home, one should pray two (1).” I say: This is what the hadiths indicate. Abū Dāwūd (2) reported that Ibn ‘Umar would pray four rak‘ahs when praying in the mosque and two when praying at home.

The two Sahīh collections (3) report from Ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet ﷺ would pray two rak‘ahs at home after the Friday prayer.

Sahīh Muslim (4) reports from Abū Hurayra that the Prophet ﷺ said: “When any of you offers the Friday prayer, let him pray four rak‘ahs afterwards.”

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His ﷺ Practice on the Two Eids

He ﷺ would offer the prayers of the two Eids at the prayer ground by Medina’s eastern gate, where the pilgrims’ camel litter was placed. He offered the Eid prayer in his mosque only once, when rain fell and he led them in the Eid prayer there—if the hadith is authentic. It is recorded in