Friday Prayer
1,435 questions
Is my prayer at home accepted as long as I am unable to pray in congregation due to involuntary flatulence?
Is it valid to pray in a fully constructed mosque where Friday prayers are not held due to administrative issues preventing its handover to the Awqaf (Endowments Ministry), knowing that a large number of worshippers in it reduces the chance of its handover?
Is a Friday sermon valid if it is an interpretation of the Holy Quran every day?
What is incumbent upon one who missed the Friday prayer due to the long distance, and prayed Dhuhr in its stead?
What is the ruling on raising one's voice in an obligatory or supererogatory prayer for the sake of attaining humility?
What is the ruling on praying behind an Imam who does not wish for the questioner to pray behind him, nor does he return his greeting, due to a disagreement about his unwillingness to assign someone to translate sermons, and his refusal to lower his voice and that of his companions when supplicating aloud and in congregation after the prayer, knowing that the mosque is sometimes not opened for Fajr and Isha prayers and is used for discussing worldly matters?
Is it permissible to talk on the way to the mosque on Friday while the Imam is delivering the sermon?
What is the ruling on reciting Surat Al-Jumu'ah and another surah in the Fajr prayer on Friday?
When does the time for the Friday Prayer, considered valid for a person afflicted with urinary incontinence, begin, and is it permissible for him to perform ablution before the Adhan, or must it be after?
Is it permissible to pray behind an imam who prolongs the khutbah, insults people, and praises himself, or is it better to go to another mosque, or pray at home or at work due to the absence of a third mosque?
Is it permissible for a student sent to study in Rome to pray Dhuhr instead of Jumu'ah due to the unavailability of mosques and Muslims, and is it permissible for him to deliver a khutbah and perform Jumu'ah prayer with his colleagues at their residence if he is unable to reach the Grand Mosque?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on abstaining from Friday prayer for the residents of a village that has neither a mosque nor a preacher, and the nearest mosque is at a distance that requires great hardship and a long time to reach, knowing that the villagers work in the city and only have time on Friday to visit the village for farming or tourism? And what do you advise them to do?
What is the ruling on leaving the mosque during the sermon due to the presumption of a violation, and does this invalidate the prayer?
Is it necessary to take leave from work to perform Friday Prayer in a non-Muslim country where there is no nearby mosque, or is it permissible to pray it at the workplace?
Is it permissible for me to shorten and combine prayers, including Friday prayer, in my home, given that the nearest mosque is 40 miles away and that Friday prayer is held in this mosque with no more than thirty men attending?
Is it permissible to send a message to a mosque imam who recites specific verses in every prayer, does not master proper recitation, and whose sermons lack eloquence, urging him to strive harder in memorization and seeking knowledge?
What is the ruling regarding the wealth of a deceased person who used to pray Jumu'ah and fast Ramadan, committed many sins, but was trustworthy and merciful in his dealings, and signs of joy appeared on him after his death? Is his wealth for the heirs or for the Muslim treasury (Bayt al-Mal)?
Is waking a sleeping person during the Friday sermon considered a distraction, whether the waking is by action (such as moving or hitting him) or by word (such as saying to him: “Get up”)?
Is it permissible to perform Friday Prayer in a place used at night for watching television, given the existence of a small mosque that is not large enough for Friday Prayer?
Is it permissible for a traveler who meets the conditions for shortening and combining prayers to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers and omit the Friday prayer?
What is the ruling on invoking blessings upon the Prophet (peace be upon him) in the two sermons, and is it obligatory to mention his name in them?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who performs the Friday prayer outside the mosque with a barrier between him and the imam, given the undesirability of praying in the road?
Is it permissible for worshipers to stand during the Friday sermon due to lack of space or for rest, and does laughing or smiling during the sermon affect the reward of the Friday prayer?
Is it permissible to advise the shaykhs who deliver lessons before the Friday sermon, prior to the adhan, despite the prohibition of that, and is the Friday prayer accepted from a khatib who smokes and lets his garments hang low, and how can one reconcile the religious obligation of raising one's garment above the ankles with avoiding people's ridicule?