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Is the two-rak'ah "Tahiyat Al-Masjid" (greeting of the mosque) prayer forfeited for someone who enters the mosque during the Friday sermon, or should he pray them lightly?

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If you enter the mosque during the Friday sermon, pray two light rak'ahs as a salutation to the mosque, and then sit down. This is based on what was narrated from Jabir ibn Abdullah, who said: "Sulayk al-Ghatafani came on a Friday while the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was delivering the sermon. He sat down. The Prophet said to him: 'O Sulayk! Stand up and pray two rak'ahs, and make them light.' Then he said: 'If any of you comes on Friday while the Imam is delivering the sermon, let him pray two rak'ahs, and let him make them light.'"

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