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Stoic
Like age in 20's and 30's bracket for example. I'm currently in my 20's.
Example at the masjid praying sunnah before and after prayer. Even staying put for awhile after prayer saying the tasbeeh.
They immediately get up and out and just talk outside or something.
Should I do the same and just wait till I'm like one of the older men?
Mind you I'm not trying to brag or anything I just wish everyone do the same. Its not hard.
First of all you should not be copying people, you should be on the sunnah regardless of what other people or the majority do.
[6:116]And if you obey most of those upon the earth, they will mislead you from the way of Allah. They follow not except assumption, and they are not but falsifying.
Therefore Majority can never be used as an argument.
Second, the sunnah is to stay after the prayer and make tasbih according to the authentic tradition.
And in regards to the prayer before salah asr, and after it, there is a difference of opinion amongst the scholars whether it is prescribed to pray or not. Moreover, the sunnah is to pray the voluntary prayers at home, while the obligatory is best prayed in the mosque.
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Perform some of your prayers in your houses and do not make them graves.”(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 422; Muslim, 777)