Friday Prayers - - Is there a Sunnah prayerbefore and after Jumu’ah?

When I go to the mosque on Friday the athaan is pronounced, then
everyone prays 2 or4 rakaat.Then the athan is again pronounced
andimmediately after it iqamah .Having prayed 2Jum'ah rakaat people
pray again 2 or 4 rakaat.Besides,the imaam when supplicating raises
hands then wipes his face and everyone follows him .
Is it bid'ah? If so,what should I do(just look at others?)
Praise be to Allaah.
The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
used to come out of his house on the day of Jumu'ah (Friday) and climb
up on his minbar. Then the muezzin wouldgive the Adhaan, and when he
finished, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
would start his khutbah. If there were any Sunnah prayerto be done
before Jumu'ah, he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would
have told them about it and directed them to do it after the Adhaan,
and hewould have done it himself. At the time of the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) there was nothing apart from the
Adhaan just before the khutbah.
Hence the majority of the imaams agreed that there is no sunnah to be
done at a specific time before Jumu'ah with a specific number of
rak'ahs, because that would have been reported from the wordsor
actions of the Prophet(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him),
andnothing of that nature has been reported from him. This is the
madhhabof Maalik, al-Shaafa'i and most of his companions, and is the
well known view in the madhhab of Ahmad.
Al-'Iraaqi said:
"I have not seen anything to indicate thatthe three imaams recommended
praying Sunnah before it [Jumu'ah]."
The muhaddith al-Albaani commented:
For that reason this so-called Sunnah is not mentioned in Kitaab
al-Umm by Imaam al-Shaafa'i, or in al-Masaa'il by Imaam Ahmad, or by
any of the other early imaams, as far as I know.
Hence I say:
Those who pray this Sunnah are not following the Messengeror imitating
any of the imaams; on the contrary,they are imitating the later
scholars who are like them in that they are also imitators [of earlier
scholars] rather than mujtahideen [scholars who investigate and form
their own rulings]. I am amazed to see an imitator imitating another
imitator.
(See al-Qawl al-Mubeen, 60, 374).
Moreover, between the first call of Jumu'ah prayer and the second
call, there should be sufficient time for people to get ready to pray,
not just the time it takes to pray two rak'ahs or thereabouts, as is
done in some countries and some mosques.
With regard to making du'aa' together in one voice behind the imaam
after the prayer, Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen answered this question in
al-Fataawaa, p. 368, where he said:
"This is one of the bid'ahs which was not reported from the Prophet or
from his companions. What is prescribed in Islam is for people to
remember Allaah Alone after the prayer, in accordance with the
teachings of the Messenger of Allaah, and this should be done aloud,
as reported in Saheeh al-Bukhaari fromIbn 'Abbaas (may Allaah be
pleased with them both), who said: "Peopleused to raise their voicesin
Dhikr [remembrance of Allaah] after finishing the prescribed prayer at
the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)."
With regard to the prayer after Jumu'ah, Ibn al-Qayyim said in al-Zaad (1/440):
When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) had
prayed Jumu'ah, he would enter his house and pray two Rak'ahs of
Sunnah, and he commanded those who had prayed it to pray four rak'ahs
afterwards. Our shaykh, Abu'l-'Abbaas Ibn Taymiyah said: if he prayed
in the mosque, he would pray four, and if he prayed at home, he would
pray two. I say: this is what is indicated by many ahaadeeth.
AbuDawood reported in his Sunan (1130) from Ibn 'Umar that when he
prayed in the mosque, he prayed four and when he prayed at home, he
prayed two.
With regard to wiping the face after making du'aa', this is not
reported in any saheeh hadeeth; indeed, some of the scholars stated
that it is bid'ah. See Mu'jam al-Bida' (p. 227).
Do not do that which is bid'ah and do not take part in it; advise and
enjoin people to follow the Sunnah; remind them and tell them about
the Islamic ruling. We ask Allaah to guide us all to the Straight
Path; may Allaah bless our Prophet Muhammad.

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