Friday Prayer
1,435 questions
Is it permissible for a new convert to Islam, who lives with non-Muslims who monitor him and demand that he commit unlawful acts such as buying and consuming alcohol, to obey them in what they ask? And is opening a refrigerator that contains alcohol to take something else considered carrying alcohol? And is it permissible for him to pray in the bathroom if there is no other place? What is the ruling on him breaking his fast in Ramadan if he is forced to do so? And do the Friday and congregational prayers fall away from him under these circumstances?
Which is better: Friday prayer in the first row of a nearby mosque, or in the Grand Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) with distant rows? And is catching the opening takbir and the first row in the local mosque better than praying in the Grand Mosque while missing both?
What is the ruling on a woman leading men in the Friday prayer and other prayers?
What is the authenticity of the chain of transmission of this Hadith narrated from Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her): "O Ali! You and your companions are in Paradise. Indeed, there will be people who claim to love you, but they will reject Islam and then cast it aside. They recite the Qur’an, but it does not go beyond their collarbones. They have a distinctive name; they are called the Rawafid (Rejecters). If you encounter them, strive against them, for they are polytheists. I asked: O Messenger of Allah, what is their sign? He said: They do not attend Jumu'ah (Friday prayer) or congregational prayers, and they revile the early predecessors"?
Does the worshiper who responds to the imam invalidate his prayer if the imam makes a mistake in the Friday sermon?
Is it permissible to eat and drink during the Friday prayer?
Is the supererogatory Dhuhr prayer (two or four rak'ahs) to be performed after the Dhuhr prayer by one who missed the Jumu'ah prayer?
Are the occurrences on Friday – such as the two adhans, praying two or four rak'ahs before Jumu'ah and the like afterwards, the Imam raising his hands in supplication and wiping his face, and the congregants following him – considered innovations? And what should one do if they are an innovation? Is the Imam's collective supplication after the prayer permissible?
Is it permissible to send a sick leave certificate to the company—even though the sender is not ill—and forgo a full day's pay, in order to attend Friday prayer?
Is it permissible to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers, and the Maghrib and Isha prayers, due to the necessity of attending educational courses that last from three o'clock until seven or eight, which conflicts with the times of the Asr and Maghrib prayers?
Is Friday Prayer obligatory for women, and how does a woman pray it alone at home to gain its reward?
What is the ruling regarding performing Friday Prayer behind an imam when there is an obstruction that prevents seeing him and the connection of the rows? And if it is invalid, should it be repeated as Dhuhr or as Jumu'ah?
What should one who does not understand the language of the Friday sermon do during the sermon? Should he read the Qur'an and make dhikr, or sit and listen to something he does not understand?
How do the rulings of the hadith: "Whoever prays to Allah twelve rak'ahs in a day and a night, a house will be built for him in Paradise" apply to Friday, taking into consideration that there is no pre-Jumu'ah sunnah prayer?
Is it permissible for a Muslim to pray two rak'ahs after 'Asr on Friday with the intention of seeking the hour of acceptance mentioned in the noble Hadith: "On Friday there is an hour when no Muslim servant stands praying and asks Allah for something good but He grants it to him"? And what is meant by "stands praying" in the Hadith, and does it mean praying during the Friday sermon? And is one who supplicates from the beginning of Friday night until the end of Friday day after 'Asr, having stayed up the entire night, considered to have revived Friday with supplication?
How can the Prophet’s action of reciting Surat Al-A’la and Surat Al-Ghashiyah in Friday prayer (which makes the first one longer) be reconciled with Ibn Mas’ud’s statement that he (the Prophet) recited Surat An-Najm and Surat Ar-Rahman (which makes the second one longer)?
Is it necessary to repeat the Dhuhr prayer according to the Shafi'i school if one prayed Jumu'ah behind a Hanafi Imam, and the number of worshippers was less than forty, or is it sufficient to rely on the Imam's belief?
If Eid al-Fitr coincides with a Friday, is it permissible to perform the Eid prayer without the Friday prayer, or vice versa?
Is there any consequence for someone who performed the Hajj obligatory rites and circumambulated the Farewell Tawaf, then spent the night in Makkah and prayed Friday Prayer before departing?
What should I do if my father does not wake me for Fajr prayer and I have reached the age of puberty?
What is the ruling on establishing Friday prayer in a private prayer room within a residential complex, in Arabic, so as to spread benefit and understanding, especially in a country where Friday prayer is held in mosques in the Malay language?
Does the Friday prayer obligation fall away from university students who are prevented from performing it due to political pressures that compel them to be present at the university or in the study hall during the prayer time?
What is the ruling on an Imam frequently citing poetry in his Friday sermons?
What is the ruling on a person suffering from irritable bowel syndrome leading the prayer, and is he required to repeat his ablution for every prayer?