Friday Prayer
1,435 questions
What should one do if prayer is prohibited in secular schools three months before exams, while being unable to transfer to an Islamic school?
Is the obligatory ghusl performed before Fajr prayer on Friday sufficient, or not?
Must a traveler who catches the Imam in the last Tashahhud of the Friday prayer pray two rak'ahs, or complete it as four for Dhuhr?
Is it permissible to insist to one's father that he accept marriage to a paternal cousin, despite his refusal for religious, social, and material reasons, and the suitor's belief that he can be guided after marriage, in fulfillment of the hadith, "I have not seen for two who love one another anything like marriage"?
Is it permissible to complete intercourse if the time for Friday prayer has begun, or must one go to the prayer, and what is the ruling on one who misses Friday prayer due to intercourse with his wife?
Is the Hadith: "It is a duty upon every Muslim to perform ghusl every seven days, like his ghusl from janabah, washing his body and head, making that on Friday" an obligation for the ghusl of Jumu'ah, and how can it be reconciled with Hadiths that indicate it is not obligatory, such as: "Whoever performs ablution, then that is good and excellent; and whoever performs ghusl, then ghusl is better"?
Is it permissible to keep a commercial shop open during Friday prayer time, run by non-Muslim workers, to avoid losing non-Muslim customers?
How are four rak'ahs performed before the Friday Dhuhr prayer, and is it permissible to perform them before the decline of the sun from its zenith (Zawal)?
Is it permissible for a traveler, upon passing through a town where Friday prayer is observed, to pray Jumu'ah behind the Imam, or should he pray Dhuhr two rak'ahs shortened?
Is it permissible for a woman to work on Friday, and is it permissible to keep a shop open during Friday prayer if a woman is present in it?
Is it permissible for the congregants in the Friday prayer, who were unable to follow the Imam due to a power outage on the upper floors, to pray Dhuhr instead?
What is the ruling on congregants shaking hands with the Imam who is delivering the sermon?
What is the ruling on communal supplications (ibtehalat) and praises (madaih) before the Friday prayer, and a communal adhan, and a communal iqamah with the repetition of phrases twice, and the imam's recitation of a short surah with gradually rising voices?
Has it been reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) recited the beginning of Surat Al-Kahf and the end of Surat Al-Jumu'ah in the Fajr prayer, and if not, what is the sharia ruling on that?
Is it permissible for these men to combine the Maghrib and Isha prayers in congregation at their workplace due to rain, or is combining prayers only valid in the mosque where Friday prayer is held?
Is it permissible for a worshipper to wait in the car and listen to the sermon from there until prayer time, due to the mosque being full of worshippers?
Is it established that the Friday prayer has a four-rak'ah Sunnah (supererogatory prayer) performed before it?
Is the Hadith: "He who prays 4 rak'ahs before Dhuhr and 4 after it, the Fire shall not touch his body" authentic, and can this virtue be attained by praying four rak'ahs before the Friday prayer and four after it, or is it limited to two rak'ahs before it and two after it?
What is the ruling on being absent from the Friday prayer and its sermon in order to go on non-obligatory field trips that are nonetheless complementary to the educational process, and which take place on the outskirts of the city and beyond?
What is the ruling for someone who suffers from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and flatulence, and takes a long time in the restroom to expel gases, which causes him fatigue and hardship in performing ablution (Wudu') and prayer (Salat)? And is it obligatory for him to go to the restroom before every prayer if he strongly believes the flatulence will stop, or to wait for it to stop after leaving the restroom? And what is the ruling on his prayer and ablution with the continuous emission of flatulence or its temporary cessation? And is what he does during Friday prayer (Salat al-Jumu'ah) valid?
Is it permissible to gather to study the Quran in one of our homes on Friday, knowing that we arrive at the mosque a quarter of an hour before the preacher ascends the pulpit?
Did the Messenger (ﷺ) abandon the Friday prayer due to weather conditions (20 cm of snow)?
Is Friday prayer obligatory for a nurse on duty in the emergency department on Friday, knowing that the department receives accident and emergency cases 24 hours a day?
Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to stay in a mosque – one where Friday prayer is not held and which does not have a minaret – during her menstrual period?