May A Person Who Enters A Mosque While The Qur’an Is Being Recited Establish The Tahiyyat Al-Masjid Prayer?

May a person who enters a mosque while the Qur’an is being recited establish the tahiyyat al-masjid prayer?

A person should not deal with any other thing unless it is obligatory, but just listen to the Qur’an when it is being recited. In the following verse, believers are commanded to listen to the Qur’an when it is being recited: “When the Qur’an is read, listen to it with attention, and hold your peace: that ye may receive mercy.” (A’raf, 7/204)

However, as listening to the Qur’an recitation is a fardh al-kifayah (communal obligation), if there are other people listening to the recitation, then it is permissible to establish tahiyyat al-masjid prayer (Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar, II, 268, 458-459).

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWAS