Friday Prayer
1,435 questions
Is it permissible for me to pray Dhuhr at home instead of Friday prayer in the mosque, given that there is a sermon in a language other than Arabic, a bad smell, many mosquitoes, and intense heat?
Is it permissible to miss Friday prayer if one's work at an Islamic satellite channel prevents attending it?
Is it considered a Bid'ah (innovation) to request a Quran reciter in the mosques of the people of Iraq before the Friday prayer to quiet the commotion of the people?
Is it permissible to bring down the Imam from the pulpit (its cases and conditions)?
Is it permissible for women to establish Friday prayer in congregation, led by one of them who also delivers the sermon, or should they only pray Dhuhr? And is it permissible for a woman to recite aloud during Dhuhr prayer for the purpose of teaching others?
Should a worshipper recite Surat Al-Fatiha and the following surahs aloud or silently if someone joins him during a loud prayer after the worshipper has already recited Surat Al-Fatiha silently?
Is it permissible to pray Jumu'ah at home while listening to the sermon in Arabic, instead of going to the mosque where the sermon is delivered in foreign languages, based on the ijtihad of some Salafi youth and relying on what Sheikh Al-Albani mentioned in tape no. 213, minute 51?
What is the ruling on dedicating the period between Maghrib and Isha prayers, or the period between Friday prayer and Asr prayer, to the remembrance of Allah and sending blessings upon the Prophet?
Is the intended hour on Friday during which prayers are answered 60 minutes, or merely a period of time, and is it permissible to begin supplicating an hour before the Maghrib Adhan, or is it necessary to sit between Asr and Maghrib in anticipation of it?
Is it obligatory to repeat the Dhuhr prayer as four rak'ahs or the Friday prayer as two rak'ahs for someone who prayed behind an Imam who made a mistake in Al-Fatiha, knowing that each congregant will pray individually?
What is the ruling on a woman writing the Friday sermon (khutbah) and handing it to a man to deliver, and does this align with the man's guardianship (qawamah), and is this matter considered a gateway to discord (fitnah)?
What is the ruling on raising one's hands and raising one's voice with "Ameen" behind the Imam when seeking aid during the Friday prayer (Salat al-Jumu'ah), and is it permissible to raise one's hands when passing by a verse of punishment or mercy, whether one is praying alone or with family, and what should the Imam and congregants do in this situation?
Which is better: visiting the Sacred House (Kaaba) on Friday, performing the Friday prayer, despite the difficulty of kissing the Black Stone and praying in Hijr Ismail, or visiting it on a day other than Friday to alleviate the crowd and facilitate kissing the Black Stone?
What should an Imam and preacher do whose salary is insufficient, and who fears that if he takes on additional work, he will fall short in maintaining all the prayers in the mosque, knowing that he already maintains one or two lessons and the Friday sermon?
Does holding a daily group Qur'an recitation session (maqra'ah) after Fajr prayer contradict the Prophetic hadiths that forbid raising one's voice in recitation and prayer, and which command that some worshippers should not recite the Qur'an aloud over others? And if the answer is that it is permissible, does the ruling differ on Friday, considering the Prophet's prohibition against forming circles (tahalqu) on Friday before the prayer? And what is the prohibited duration for forming circles before Friday prayer?
How to perform Jumu'ah prayer by combining the five prayers with leading and delaying them, along with the intention and number of rak'ahs for each?
Is it permissible for a woman observing the 'iddah (waiting period) of widowhood to go out for Friday prayer if she lives next to the mosque and is elderly?
Is it permissible for shop owners adjacent to the mosque to pray Friday prayer in their shops, and would their prayer be counted as congregational?
What is the ruling on offering supererogatory prayers during the Friday and Eid sermons? Is it forbidden or merely disliked? And what is the ruling on offering prayers at the time of the Adhan (call to prayer)?
What is the ruling on praying Dhuhr during a solar eclipse?
Is a person considered to have erred if he was late for Jumu'ah prayer and did not hear the khutbah, then prayed four rak'ahs with the intention of Dhuhr, while others who also missed the khutbah prayed only two rak'ahs?
Is the leadership of one who has memorized little of the Qur’an valid as a preacher for Friday prayer?
Is it permissible to be absent from Friday prayer if it is only held in mosques where the worshippers do not understand its language, and work hours conflict with being able to catch the prayer in congregation?
Is it permissible for a non-Muslim to deliver the Friday sermon (khutbah), and is it valid to inform the worshippers that their imam drinks alcohol?