Tirmidhi

Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: From these ahadith, it is understood that four rak‘ahs should be performed after Jumu‘ah. This is the view of Imam Abu Hanifah rahimahullah and Imam Shafi‘i rahimahullah. Imam Ishaq’s opinion is that if one performs them in the mosque, then he should perform four; and if he performs them at home, then he should perform two. Shah Waliullah also adopted this view. However, according to Imam Malik rahimahullah, Imam Shafi‘i rahimahullah, and Imam Ahmad rahimahullah, it is preferable to perform the Sunnah prayers of Jumu‘ah at home, whether two are performed or four.

Explanation:
1:
Where do we have the leisure to fight and die, when we possess various kinds of blessings and indulge in luxury and pleasure with those blessings, for which we will be questioned?

Note:
(In the chain of narration, Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash’s memory became weak in old age, but based on the previous hadith, this hadith is hasan.)

Benefits and Issues:
➊ Serving the guest appropriately is a virtue of a Muslim.

➋ If a cow, buffalo, goat, or similar animal gives milk, slaughtering it causes the loss of this benefit, whereas meat can be obtained from another animal as well. Therefore, it is better to slaughter an animal that does not give milk.