6. The Book of Prayer - Travellers

٦۔ كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرها

6.11 It is recommended to greet the masjid by praying two rakʿah, and it is disliked to sit before praying these two rakʿah, and this is prescribed at all times

٦۔١١ باب اسْتِحْبَابِ تَحِيَّةِ الْمَسْجِدِ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ وَكَرَاهَةِ الْجُلُوسِ قَبْلَ صَلاَتِهِمَا وَأَنَّهَا مَشْرُوعَةٌ فِي جَمِيعِ الأَوْقَاتِ

(414) bukhari:444ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > ʿĀmir b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr > ʿAmr b. Sulaym al-Zuraqī > Abū Qatādah al-Salamī

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If anyone of you enters a mosque, he should pray two rakʿat before sitting."  

(٤١٤) البخاري:٤٤٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ السَّلَمِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَلْيَرْكَعْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ