Friday Prayer
1,403 questions
Is it possible to attain the ranks of the Companions and the righteous through a single act, such as going early to Friday prayer and seeking the reward for every step as a year's worth of worship?
Are the sins of one who looked at what God has forbidden on Thursday then went to Friday prayer forgiven?
What is qunut al-nawazil?
Is one who moved from his village to an adjacent village, 2-4 km away, to fulfill his needs, and did not intend to travel, considered a resident, and is the Friday prayer obligatory upon him?
Is the designated prayer area at the college considered a mosque, knowing that Fajr and Jumu'ah prayers are not performed there, but the remaining prayers are performed there in congregation (by both young men and women), and it is referred to as a mosque? And based on this, is it permissible for a menstruating woman to stay there?
Is it permissible to pray between the first Adhan and the second Adhan for the Friday prayer?
Is it permissible to shorten and combine prayers and not pray Jumu'ah at the workplace, knowing that the distance between it and home exceeds one thousand kilometers, and that the duration of stay there is two weeks, interspersed with a return home for two weeks alternately?
What is the ruling on purity and clothing when one feels a drop descend during the ritual bath (ghusl) after masturbation? And do the dry bed and clothes that have been touched by semen or prostatic fluid become impure? And is it permissible to perform the Fajr prayer after the Friday prayer on Friday?
Is bathing on Friday obligatory or Sunnah, and what are the proofs for that?
Which is more preferable: following the muezzin or performing the "tahiyyat al-masjid" (greeting of the mosque) upon entering the mosque on Friday during the second adhan, with the aim of following the khutbah (sermon) from its beginning?
What is the ruling of the Sharia regarding the prevention by the Imam of the Grand Mosque of the establishment of Friday prayer in a small mosque located six kilometers away, and his threat to close it?
What is the ruling on one who misses Friday prayer three times consecutively due to sleep, and does this result in a seal upon his heart or disbelief? And what is the authenticity of the hadith: "Whoever intentionally misses Friday prayer three times, Allah will seal his heart"? And is the intended meaning of the seal severe repentance and not apostasy?
Which is the preponderant opinion regarding the categorization of a traveler into: a traveler who avails himself of all the concessions of travel; a resident traveler who avails himself of some of the rulings of travel; and a permanent resident—is it the opinion of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah or the majority of scholars?
What is the ruling on going to the Jumu'ah prayer early despite parental opposition, given that the only way to go is with a brother who delays the prayer?
Is there one sermon for Eid or two?
What is the ruling regarding the Friday prayer for a group that prayed outside the mosque, separated from the Imam, due to a power outage and their inability to hear or see the Imam, while the Imam was praying with another congregation inside the mosque?
Does a person's endeavor to attend Friday prayer become invalidated and his prayer nullified if he speaks after the second Adhan or during the Khutbah, whether he is at home or in the mosque? And does the endeavor of one who returns the greeting of peace to someone entering the mosque during the Khutbah become invalidated, or of one who speaks on his way to the mosque if someone asks him about something?
What are the views of the four imams on combining Jumu'ah prayer and Asr prayer when it rains?
What is the ruling on performing Jumu'ah prayer twice in the same mosque, even though the imam is the same for both prayers?
Is it considered adultery if a man consummates his marriage with his wife, whose marriage contract was solemnized during the Friday sermon, knowing that the contract is void?
Is the Friday prayer valid if the imam only recites Surat Al-Fatiha instead of delivering a sermon, and is it obligatory to search for another mosque?
Is it permissible to utilize the incomprehensible Friday sermon in Sangkhla by listening to another sermon or the Qur’an on the phone?
Does settlement residency lapse and does Friday Prayer become obligatory when a person moves to a neighboring village or town? And what is the criterion for short travel that waives Friday Prayer?
How does one perform ablution (wudu') for Friday Prayer and the rituals of Umrah if they suffer from continuous dripping of urine after urination?