Friday Prayer
1,435 questions
Is it permissible to record a sermon (or khutbah) and send it on Friday to a group of people via WhatsApp, with the aim of strengthening communal bonds and reminding them of the special nature of Friday, especially in Europe, or is this considered an innovation (bid‘ah)?
Is it obligatory to return the greeting of peace after completing an act of worship that prevents an immediate response, such as prayer and the Friday sermon, or is the obligation to return the greeting waived entirely?
What should a person do if, after performing ablution (istinja'), drops of urine undoubtedly continue to discharge and only stop after some time, but if he waits for them to stop, he will miss the congregational prayer, and if he tries to hold back the urine, his devotion (khushu') will be lost and he will fall ill?
Is it recorded for one who went early for Friday Prayer in the first hour then returned, then came before the Imam in the fifth hour, the reward of the first hour, or the fifth hour, or both rewards together?
Is the Imam sinful for taking charge of a mosque 160 kilometers away from his place of residence, only attending on weekends, leaving the mosque for five days, even though he has permission from the Mosques Office?
What should I do concerning the Friday prayer if I am an employee at a sewage treatment plant and am absolutely forbidden from leaving work, given that I arrive in the middle of the sermon?
Must the Friday prayer that was performed outside the mosque, without the congregants inside being seen, be repeated?
What is the ruling regarding someone who was unable to perform the Friday prayer because he could not perform ghusl from janabah due to a wet dream, and woke up after the imam had finished the khutbah? Is he sinful or is expiation required of him?
Is a person who has emigrated for study or work, spending many years in the country of emigration and returning to their home country for holidays, considered a settler in the country of study and work, or in their original homeland upon their return, or in both, or does the description of settlement not apply to them in either, if settlement is a condition for the validity of Friday prayer?
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What is the ruling on performing Friday Prayer at home with some friends if prayer is prohibited in mosques?
Will Allah forgive one who has missed Friday Prayer more than three times, then returned and committed to it, and what is the expiation for that?
What is the ruling on wiping a liquid phlegm that fell on the mosque carpet during Friday prayer, and a stain remained after wiping?
What should I do if it is my turn to lead people in the Friday prayer, and I am suffering from urinary incontinence during prostration and have not yet recovered? Is it permissible for me to lead the people with this excuse if the incontinence continues after taking medicine?
When does a traveler begin to shorten prayers (qasr), is it after passing the last buildings or after covering a distance of 80 kilometers? And what should one do if the buildings are contiguous between their area and the neighboring area? And if one enters the mosque to pray Dhuhr shortened and finds the congregation praying four rak'ahs, and their time is limited, what should they do? And is attending the mosque and congregational prayer obligatory even if one's time is not limited?
Must one make up the prayers that the congregant completed as Jumu'ah, thinking that whoever joins while the Imam is rising from the second rak'ah completes it as Jumu'ah, after he learned that it is obligatory to pray it as Dhuhr?
Is it permissible to rebuke young blacksmiths who do not perform Friday Prayer, given the doubt as to whether they are excused, and does the doubt of potential harm to their work prevent rebuking them?
Is it permissible to be absent from Friday prayer in the mosque and suffice with performing it at home if the preacher is weak in style and repetitive, which causes boredom and drowsiness to the attendees, knowing that there is no other mosque in the village?
What is the ruling on one who refuses to pray behind an imam, claiming that he is an innovator (mubtadi’)?
What is the ruling on an employer who prevents his workers from attending Friday prayer, even threatening to dismiss them if they go, under the pretext of fear of spreading infectious disease, despite the fact that they go out daily for work and interact with people?
Is the multiplicity of sermons and preachers and the delay of Friday prayer in the sole mosque in a European country, due to the large number of nationalities and consideration of work circumstances, permissible in Islam?
What is the ruling on performing Friday prayer in a new mosque built close to an old mosque (approximately 200 meters away), knowing that some scholars deem the Friday prayer invalid therein because it was not transmitted from the Salaf that multiple Friday prayers were held in one town except out of necessity, and that prayer in it is not valid unless the old mosque and its surroundings are full?
Is it permissible for a group of 15 people who slept after Fajr prayer and woke up immediately after Jumu'ah prayer to perform Jumu'ah prayer in congregation, isolated from the mosque, knowing that some of them are capable of delivering the sermon and leading the prayer?
Is one who misses the Friday Prayer and prays it as Dhuhr at home sinful, due to the closure of mosques in the foreign country in which he resides because of the Coronavirus pandemic?