Friday Prayer
1,435 questions
What is the best way to deal with a 20-year-old brother who has completely stopped praying, including Friday prayers, and shows no interest in advice and repeated attempts by his family to persuade him, and how can he be encouraged to commit to prayer?
What is the ruling on Friday Prayer that is held at a fixed, agreed-upon time among students in France?
What is the ruling on not praying Friday prayer and instead praying Dhuhr prayer in its place continuously for nine consecutive months due to the absence of another mosque free from innovations, and due to security investigations of mosques?
Is Friday prayer valid if the worshiper performed ghusl from masturbation before the prayer, then found drops of urine on his underwear and penis after returning from the prayer, and was not aware of their presence?
What is the ruling on missing Friday prayer in a country where there is no nearby mosque, or when the time for Friday prayer clashes with university studies, and what are the conditions for Friday prayer?
What are the rulings concerning marriage (Nikah) in Islam, and how is an engagement (Khutbah) conducted according to Islamic principles?
What is the guideline for mentioning the source of religious information for someone who delivers the Friday sermon and uses books and sayings of scholars, then summarizes and rephrases them in their own way? Is it obligatory for him to mention that he summarized it or took it from certain sources?
Is a doctor considered negligent or excused if he sometimes misses the Friday prayer due to work circumstances in an American hospital, knowing that he cannot leave during working hours and repeatedly apologize to his superiors, and he will try not to miss it as much as possible?
Is the two-rak'ah "Tahiyat Al-Masjid" (greeting of the mosque) prayer forfeited for someone who enters the mosque during the Friday sermon, or should he pray them lightly?
Does one who missed a single rak'ah of the Friday Prayer make up one rak'ah or two?
Is there a prohibition against eating after the 'Isha prayer?
Is there a specific prayer performed between Dhuhr and Asr on Friday?
Is it permissible to change the usual and agreed-upon time for Friday prayer to an earlier time due to work circumstances?
Does going early to the mosque five hours before the sermon or sleeping in the mosque before the sermon include its doer in the reward of the hadith, "Whoever washes and is washed..."?
What is the meaning of "and abandon selling" and what is meant by selling at the time of Friday prayer?
Are the slight movements that a Muslim might make during the Friday sermon, such as placing a hand over the mouth when sneezing or coughing, adjusting one's sitting posture, scratching the skin or head, or rubbing the eyes and ears, considered "laghw" (idle talk/futility) like touching pebbles mentioned in the hadith: "Whoever performs ablution well, then comes to the Friday prayer, listens and remains silent, will be forgiven for what is between that Friday and the next, with an additional three days; and whoever touches pebbles has engaged in laghw," and would he miss out on the reward mentioned in the hadith by doing them?
Is it permissible to hold Friday prayers in a hospital prayer room located outside the town (at a distance permitting the shortening of prayers), knowing that the majority of the hospital's staff are from outside the town?
Is it permissible to shorten the Dhuhr prayer in congregation on Friday instead of performing the Friday prayer, when there is a nearby mosque and after having traveled the distance that permits shortening prayers?
Is it obligatory to delay ablution for Friday prayer until the sermon begins, in order to ensure the time has entered, and is delaying the Friday prayer in this case considered a sin, or is one excused?
What is the ruling regarding the time allotted for the Friday sermon in the West, especially since it is the only opportunity to teach people matters of their religion, and given that the imam needs to interpret the sermon in the local dialect for those who do not speak Arabic?
What is the ruling on the `Asr, Maghrib, Isha, and Tarawih prayers that I performed after a wet dream which I only discovered later at midnight due to a dry semen stain? Are they valid, or must they be repeated?
Is it obligatory to observe sequence in making up for missed prayers if a worshiper remembers that he missed the Dawn prayer after performing the Friday prayer?
Does the Friday prayer fall away from whoever witnessed the Eid prayer if Eid and Friday coincide, or is this ruling limited to the people of villages, and is this opinion acted upon in our current era?
Is it permissible for a child who has not reached puberty, yet memorizes the Quran and possesses knowledge of the religion, to lead people in prayer (imamah) and deliver the Friday sermon (khutbah)?