Friday Prayer

• Is the rain-seeking prayer (Salat al-Istisqa) valid without a sermon (khutbah)?
• Is it permissible to pray at home if one fears illness or another ailment, and what should he say to his friends regarding their fatwa?
• What is the ruling on traveling on Friday if the flight time conflicts with performing Jumu'ah prayer? Is it permissible to omit raml in circumambulation (tawaf) and sa'y in order to accompany an elderly person? Is it sufficient to shave to zero with a machine, or is a razor required to attain the virtue of shaving?
• What did the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, do after the people dispersed from him and only twelve men remained—did he complete his sermon and prayer with them?
• Is it obligatory to search for another mosque for Friday Prayer given the strong presumption that none exists, or is it permissible to pray Dhuhr if one wakes up late and presumes that the Friday Prayer in the village mosques has been missed?
• What is the ruling on praying behind someone who sways constantly in prayer during the standing, bowing, and prostrating, knowing that he also leads people in Friday prayers? And what is the ruling on the prayers that were prayed behind him?
• Is it permissible for a woman to pray the funeral prayer in her home, while the mosque is adjacent?
• Was it correct to remain in the mosque and glorify God during the polytheistic sermon, or to leave, with the consequent stepping over people's necks and missing the Friday prayer?
• Is the prayer of a traveler who intended to make up Friday prayer as four rak'ahs of Dhuhr, then prayed it again with the same intention, valid?
• What is the ruling on the clear fluid that is discharged after urination for a period ranging between 15 and 30 minutes, and what is the ruling on prayer and clothing when this fluid is discharged?
• Will the supplication against oneself be answered on a Friday prayer?
• What is the ruling on Friday prayer that is performed after the time for Asr prayer has begun, according to the majority of scholars? And is it obligatory to boycott all products that support the Zionist entity, even if that leads to difficulty in living?
• What is the ruling on catching the Eid sermon but missing the Eid prayer itself, and how is the Eid prayer performed?
• Should an engagement continue with a young man who abuses hashish, knowing that he treats her well and prays sometimes, and this is after a five-year love story and the father's rejection?
• Is it permissible for those on an offshore oil rig not to pray Jumu'ah (Friday prayer) and instead pray Dhuhr (noon prayer), and to shorten their prayers during a two-week work period, under the pretext that it is not established that the Prophet (peace be upon him) shortened prayers for only four days and nights?
• What is the ruling of the Sharia on someone who recites a prostration verse every Friday in the Fajr prayer, and the congregants prostrate with him?
• Is modifying one's sitting posture while the Imam is supplicating during the Friday sermon—specifically, sitting cross-legged with the head bowed down, looking at the place of prostration—considered an innovation (bid‘ah) or the introduction of something not part of the religion?
• Is it necessary to make an intention for every act in ablution and prayer, and is it necessary to specify the intention of performance and individuality in prayer, and the intention of obligation in Friday prayer?
• To what extent is it permissible to build a separate mosque for workers and prevent them from praying in the administrators' mosque due to the smell of sweat, and does that affect the validity of prayer in both mosques?
• Is it permissible to recite the Quran while listening to the Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) being recited aloud in Urdu before the Friday sermon?
• Is it Sunnah for women to recite Surat al-Balad and al-Ghashiyah, or al-Jumu'ah and al-Munafiqun, in the Dhuhr prayer on Friday?
• What is the permissible time for performing Friday prayer before noon (zawal)? Can someone suffering from incontinence perform ablution before noon to be counted among those who attended the Friday prayer?
• When should one recite aloud in prayer, and when should one not, especially given that devotion (khushu') is only achieved through audible recitation?
• Is it permissible for a traveler covering a distance of 670 km, who returns to his family every 21 days, to shorten prayers and skip Friday prayer, knowing the difficult circumstances of his stay?