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Changing places to pray the Sunnah

Question: Has any proof been reported for changing one's place in order to perform the Sunnah following the obligatory prayer?

Response: Yes, it has been reported in the hadeeth of Mu'aawiyah that he said:

((The Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) ordered us not to join one prayer with another prayer without leaving or speaking (in between).)), [Transmitted by Muslim and Abu Daawood]

So the scholars have understood from this that a gap must be made between the obligatory and the Sunnah - either by speaking or by changing one's place.

Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Islaamiyyah - Volume 1, Page 346