Friday Prayer
1,435 questions
If the Imam dies while I am praying behind him, what should I do?
What is the ruling on opening a women's hair salon at the time of Jumu'ah prayer, knowing that Jumu'ah prayer is not obligatory upon women, but the call in Surat Al-Jumu'ah is general to men and women?
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman residing in a non-Muslim country to shop during Friday prayer for a necessity, and does the ruling differ if she is menstruating?
Is it permissible to provide simultaneous translation of the Friday sermon in an adjacent room for worshippers who do not speak Arabic, alongside the Imam, knowing that "whoever babbles, has no Jumu'ah (Friday prayer)," and would this act contribute to a reluctance to learn the Arabic language?
Is there any impediment to observing the night vigil on the eve of Friday?
When is the time for a nap (qaylulah), is it before or after Dhuhr prayer, and is it related to verse (58) from Surat An-Nur: "and when you lay aside your garments in the noonday (ẓahirah)"?
Is it permissible to attend only the Friday prayer without attending the sermon, if the sermons do not address urgent contemporary issues of Muslims?
What is the ruling on giving to a beggar in the mosque, and the ruling on selling immediately after the Friday prayer to those who pray last and leave first, and the ruling on giving to women who beg at the doors of mosques?
What is the opinion of scholars on emigration (Hijra) and excommunication (Takfir)?
What is the first hour the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, spoke of regarding the reward for going early to Friday prayer?
Is it permissible to perform the Friday prayer outside the mosque?
Is it permissible to say "Subhan Allah" (Glory be to Allah) or "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah) during the Friday sermon, especially when the preacher asks the congregants to affirm the oneness of Allah?
Is the prayer of one who intended to pray Jumu'ah and joined it after the Imam rose from bowing, then completed it as four rak'ahs, thinking it had become Dhuhr, valid? And must he repeat it? And is he sinful for his ignorance?
What is the authenticity of the Hadith which states that whoever deliberately misses three consecutive Friday prayers will have his heart sealed by Allah with hypocrisy, and does this person remain a hypocrite until he dies, or can he repent?
Is it necessary to make abundant supplication along with my daily supplication for one or two minutes before the Fajr Adhan, citing the verse "Allah does not burden a soul beyond its capacity" and the Hadith "A little but continuous deed is better than a lot but interrupted deed"?
Does the prayer of saluting the mosque become void if the worshiper returns the greeting of Salam before performing it, and is it permissible to speak during the Friday sermon to enjoin others to do good and forbid evil?
Is it valid for some mosques not to perform the first Adhan on Friday, based on the absence of the cause that necessitated it during the era of Uthman ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him?
Is it permissible to perform prayers and Friday prayer in a mosque, most of whose cost (more than 70%) was built with ill-gotten money acquired from drugs, alcohol, gambling, and fraudulent social welfare claims? And is it permissible to pray at home instead, given that the people of this mosque love innovations and hate the Sunnah?
Is it permissible to recite the Quran during the Friday sermon if the sermon is in a language the listener does not understand?
Is it permissible to leave the current job, in which there is injustice due to non-compliance with the contract terms and theft of wages, and return to the previous job whose owner prevents the performance of Friday prayer?
Is it permissible for a resident of France, for whom the nearest mosque is 8-9 km away, to pray Dhuhr at home as a present (not qada') prayer when he is exhausted from his night work, or is the Friday prayer obligatory for him at the mosque?
Is it sufficient to perform Friday prayer in the small village mosque, which is half an hour away from the large village mosque?
Is it permissible to delay the Jumu'ah prayer past its time and perform it before its usual appointed time in mosques due to work circumstances?
Is it permissible to speak during the Friday sermon with the intention of asking about the Qibla in order to perform Tahiyyat al-Masjid, or to return a greeting?