Moreover, what I have just said is reinforced by the fact that none of the scholars has ever cited the aforementioned ḥadith as proof for a specific sunnah prayer consisting of a set number of rakʿahs between the two adhans—particularly between the adhan of Maghrib and its iqamah. At most they understood it to recommend prayer in a general sense, an unrestricted voluntary prayer with no fixed number of rakʿahs. Let that be the case here as well, on the hypothetical assumption we have already allowed, and this is evident to anyone who deals fairly with the texts.

The correct view, however, is that the ḥadith in no way establishes the legitimacy of performing supererogatory prayers between the two Friday adhans, as was clarified at the beginning of this discussion, and that is the position to be adopted.

As for the questioner’s remark in this section—“Is the sunnah offered immediately after the time begins, without an adhan?”—we reply: those who believe in the legitimacy of this sunnah are the ones who should address that question. Since we do not consider it legislated, the question does not apply to us. Nevertheless, we shall offer a brief word, which will also serve as a summary of the foregoing analysis.