Is a specific remembrance sufficient in place of "greeting the mosque"?
The for someone entering the mosque is to pray two rak'ahs before sitting down, because the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "When any of you enters the mosque, let him pray two rak'ahs before he sits down." Neither remembrance () nor supplication (du'a), such as the du'a for entering the mosque, takes the place of these two rak'ahs. Some jurists have mentioned that whoever enters the mosque during the prohibited times for voluntary prayers should say four times: "Subhanallah, Walhamdulillah, Wa La ilaha illallah, Wallahu Akbar" (Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest), and that this dhikr suffices for the mosque's salutation (tahiyyat al-masjid). However, there is no evidence from the Sunnah that this dhikr takes the place of tahiyyat al-masjid.
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