In the discussion about offering the two rakah Sunna salah
prior to Fajr once iqamah has been called, sayyidi wa sanadi Mufti Mohammad
Taqi Usmani (Allah preserve him) said,
‘The authentic saying of Imam Abu Hanifa (Allah have mercy
on him) and dhahir al rewaya is also that with two criteria
being fulfilled it is permissible to offer this salah. Firstly, it
is expected that one complete rakah (of the fardh salat al fajr) will
be attainable. Secondly, that they must be offered out side the mosque.
Imam Mohammad (Allah have mercy on him) said that even if
not one complete rakah only the last sitting (qaida al
akhira) is expected to be attainable than also it is permissible to offer
these Sunna .
Imam Mohammad (Allah have mercy on him) added further to the
first criteria but not to the second one (that is to offer it outside the
mosque).
Imam Tahawi (Allah have mercy on him) added to the second
criteria. He said offering them outside mosque it is permissible, however,
inside the mosque is also permissible provided it is far away from the rows of
the congregational salah and in an isolated spot.
From all this discussion it is clear that the prevalent
practice of offering this salahimmediately behind the congregation
or few rows away is not permissible according to any of the madhahib.
The predominant (viewpoint) is to follow the original way (madhab)
of Imam Abu Hanifa (Allah have mercy on him). The Hanafi researches have given
preference to this. However, Allama Shami (Ibne Abideen) keeping in
consideration the feeble Muslims has given fatwa according to Imam Tahawi
(Allah have mercy on them).
Whereas, our Hanafi researchers, that include respected
(Shaikh Anwar) Shah (Kashmiri, Allah have mercy on him) do not agree. They
stick to the original madhab of Imam Abu Hanifa (Allah have
mercy on him). That is, one rakat is expected to be attainable
and it is offered outside the mosque.
Another issue to be acknowledged is that the permissibility
Imam Tahawi (Allah have mercy on him) gave for offering this salah in
mosque was during an era when loud speaker were nonexistent and there was no
clash between the recitation of the Imam and one offering hissalah in
an isolated corner. Nowadays when the recitation in (congregational) salah is
being relayed on the loud speaker I have doubts about the permissibility of
offering this (Sunna)salah in mosque. This is because there is
clash of recitation in this situations. It is, therefore, best to offer it
outside the mosque.’
Im’anul Bari, volume 3, page 416-7
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