Friday Prayer
1,435 questions
Must a son obey his father who orders him to sever ties of kinship, forbids him from going to the mosque, and gives him the choice between leaving or cutting off his relationship with his family and neighbors?
What should a person do who suffers from intermittent flatulence, which causes him hardship in performing ablution and Friday prayer, and he is unsure whether what is emitted is gas or if he has held it in, despite his attempts at treatment proving fruitless?
Are city dwellers prohibited from living in the deserts and villages, and what is the reason for that?
Does pre-seminal fluid (madhy) exiting inside the vaginal opening, without coming out of it, nullify ablution (wudu')? And is it permissible to place a string at the head of the vagina to prevent the exit of pre-seminal fluid for someone afflicted with madhy incontinence?
Is Friday Prayer obligatory for a person afflicted with schizophrenia who sometimes loses control of himself, despite being sane and having sound mental faculties, taking into consideration that he might disrupt the prayer of the congregants?
Is it permissible for a traveler to a foreign country to pray Friday prayer at noon (as Dhuhr) due to travel circumstances and the unavailability of a nearby mosque, or must he go to the mosque even if it is far and costly? And is the Friday sermon valid in a language other than Arabic?
Is it permissible to leave work for Jumu'ah prayer, which my work prevents me from attending four times a month?
Does the Friday Prayer fall away from the villagers if the only imam in the mosque is an innovator who permits seeking intercession through prophets and saints, and the other mosque is 30 kilometers away?
What is the ruling on one who intentionally goes to the Friday prayer and enters the mosque after the sermon has ended, believing that the sermon is useless because it contradicts his madhhab?
Is one who adopts the opinion that intermittent—though semi-permanent—"flatulence" is treated the same as permanent incontinence, and that its intermittent nature is not considered, thereby absolved of sin? This is a narration from Imam Ahmad and was chosen by a group including Al-Majd and the author of Al-Fa'iq. Is his Wudu for each prayer valid? And is his Wudu for Friday prayer after the second Adhan valid?
Where should a worshiper's gaze be directed when raising hands for supplication during Witr prayer: towards the place of prostration, towards the hands, or straight ahead? And is raising the hands for supplication or scratching a part of the body with the hand during the Friday sermon considered among the forbidden idle talk?
Would the wife be sinful if she sought divorce before consummation because she discovered that the husband does not pray and does not go to the mosque for Friday prayers?
Is my prayer valid after I caught the prostration in the second rak'ah of the Eid prayer, and I prayed one rak'ah alone without the extra takbeers and without repeating the tashahhud? And do I have to attend the Friday prayer if I missed the congregational Eid prayer on the same day?
Is Friday Prayer valid if performed standing behind an imam who is sitting on a chair?
What is the ruling regarding the manner of performing the Friday prayer if a pilonidal cyst's discharge is continuous?
How many rak’ahs are there for the Sunnah prayers during the day, and for the Friday Sunnah according to the Shafi’i school, and what is the difference between Salatul-Layl and Tahajjud?
Should one prostrate for the recitation (of the Quran) with a group that is reciting the Quran before the Friday prayer, if one believes this gathering to be an innovation?
Is it permissible to hold Friday prayer in the prayer hall of the university dormitory if there is a nearby mosque where Friday prayer is held with a Chinese sermon that is not understood by the scholarship students?
Would it have been more appropriate not to prohibit the woman who distributed rosaries while people were praying with them during the Friday sermon, for fear of falling into the sin mentioned in the hadith: "If you say to your companion while the Imam is delivering the sermon, 'Be quiet,' then you have engaged in idle talk"?
What is the ruling on praying Dhuhr in congregation for those who missed the Jumu'ah prayer?
Is it permissible to pray Jumu'ah (Friday) prayer intermittently, meaning praying two Jumu'ahs and missing one, to alleviate the state of fear and dread that seizes the worshipper while in the mosque, and how can this psychological state be overcome and the sweetness of faith be restored?
Is Friday prayer counted for one who enters the mosque after the first Adhan while the Imam is praying the two rak'ahs, or does the recording of attendees stop with the Imam's ascent to the minbar or with the first Adhan, even if the Imam has not ascended the minbar?
Is it permissible to perform congregational prayer after re-issuing the call to prayer (adhan) for Isha prayer, following the conclusion of a lesson that began after the Maghrib adhan and continued until the first Isha adhan?
Is the prayer valid if the worshipper came running to the mosque, and entered into prayer while breathing rapidly and his heart was pounding fast, and he barely recited Al-Fatihah, stopping during its recitation to catch his breath and then continuing the recitation? And does he have to repeat it?