Friday Prayer
1,435 questions
What should I do about an Imam who frequently narrates strange and fabricated Hadiths in the Friday sermon and does not respond to advice?
What should an employee responsible for receiving emergency gas reports do if his work hours coincide with Friday Prayer twice a month, preventing him from performing it, and is this considered an intentional abandonment of Friday Prayer given the impossibility of him leaving his post? What sin does this entail, and how can he atone for it?
What should one do who wakes up on Friday in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah) and is unable to perform ghusl due to lack of time, and leaves work shortly before the Friday prayer? Should he perform tayammum for the prayer?
Are mosque activities, such as dedicating a day for gathering to perform Qiyam al-Layl after the Isha prayer to encourage one another, considered Bid‘ah (innovation), knowing that specifying a day is for organizational purposes and not out of belief in its virtue?
Is it permissible to be absent from the Friday Khutbah for the sake of volunteer work?
How many hours did the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, sleep, and when is the siesta (qaylulah)? How many hours did the Companions sleep? What is the Sharia's view on the number of hours of sleep?
Is Friday Prayer obligatory for pilgrims in Mina on the Day of Tarwiyah if the eighth of Dhul-Hijjah falls on a Friday?
Is it permissible for the Imam to combine the Asr and Jumu'ah prayers every week without a valid excuse, knowing that discord has spread throughout the mosque and that the Imam has been combining the prayers for the local residents and others for two years?
What is the ruling on Friday prayer for a traveler who works in the desert for a month?
Is there any textual evidence from the Sunnah or the noble Companions for saying: "In the heavens is Your dominion, on earth is Your sovereignty, and in the sea is Your might"? And is this phrase specific to Allah Almighty's dominion in the heavens only?
Is it obligatory to forbid worshippers during the Friday sermon from interlocking their fingers and extending their legs towards the Qibla?
How should one deal with ablution for Friday prayer in a state of urinary incontinence and continuous or intermittent flatulence due to irritable bowel syndrome? Must one wait until the time for Friday prayer begins to perform ablution? And which is better: praying on time with the impurity, or waiting for the impurity to cease before praying?
Is it permissible for two imams to deliver the Friday sermon, with the first delivering a part of it in Arabic, and the second completing it in the language of the people of the country (Spain), and then one of them leads the congregants in prayer?
What is the ruling on a fishing boat captain working on a vessel whose voyage lasts a full month, which prevents him from attending Friday prayers in the mosque three or four consecutive times?
Why is Friday considered the best day in the sight of Allah?
When does the time for Duha prayer begin on Friday, and is it permissible to pray it after the first Adhan for Friday prayer?
What is the ruling on worshippers going to another mosque 18 km away under the pretext of there being more worshippers, and some failing to attend Friday prayer at the local prayer area, contenting themselves with praying at home?
Is it permissible to perform Jumu'ah prayer in congregation at home due to the absence of a mosque or congregants in a village 60 kilometers away from the city, where one will reside for 15 days, and is the prayer of six men and their wives considered valid, taking into account the fatwa that one who stays in a place for more than five days is not considered a traveler?
Is it permissible to leave a non-Muslim in a shop during the performance of Friday prayer in a non-Islamic country where Friday prayer is not interrupted?
What is the ruling on performing Friday Prayer in an office cubicle?
Is it necessary to change one's place or speak after a supererogatory or obligatory prayer if one intends to perform another prayer thereafter, and is this specific to Friday prayer or does it include every obligatory prayer? And is there any specific manner for rising after completing the prayer and dhikr that has been reported from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, or the Companions, such as rising from the right or left side?
What is the ruling on vocalizing in prayer?
Is it permissible to perform Friday Prayer at home, following the Imam of the adjacent mosque, given that the house is directly next to the mosque?
When are hands raised in supplication?