Friday
The Friday prayer, the sermon, the congregation, and the mosque.
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- Is it permissible for a suitor to see and speak with the woman he intends to propose to before the official engagement? Is it permissible to perform Istikhara prayer for more than one woman? And how should a wife be chosen in terms of beauty, lineage, and religiosity?
- Should an engagement continue with a young man who abuses hashish, knowing that he treats her well and prays sometimes, and this is after a five-year love story and the father's rejection?
- Is it permissible to pray in a mosque consisting of two separate floors, especially for Friday prayer, with the presence of a loudspeaker?
- Are there any specific virtues to reading Surat Qaf and Surat Al-Jumu'ah?
- Is there a special significance to Surat Al-Jumu'ah, and is it recommended to recite it on Friday, like Surat Al-Kahf?
- Is listening to Surat Al-Kahf on Friday considered to have the same reward as reciting it?
- How sound is the statement reported from Umar that whoever misses the Friday sermon must pray four rak'ahs?
- Is it permissible to recite the Quran while listening to the Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) being recited aloud in Urdu before the Friday sermon?
- Which is better: sitting in the first row far from the preacher, or in the second or third row directly in front of the preacher, to attain closeness to the preacher on the Day of Judgment?
- What is the ruling on correcting an error made by the Imam in the Friday sermon, whether it be in a Quranic verse, such as "وعلى كلِّ ضامرٍ يأتين من كلِّ فجٍّ عميق" (And [proclaim] to the people the Hajj [pilgrimage]; they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every distant pass) where he pronounced "ضامر" (lean camel) with a "dal" instead of a "dad," or in a piece of information, such as his statement: "Repeating the Hajj only benefits its performer with the reward of the first Hajj"? And does the prayer become invalid thereby?
- Is it permissible for someone afflicted with obsessive doubts regarding ghusl (ritual bath) and intention, who spends a long time performing ghusl, to pray Jumu'ah (Friday prayer) with the Imam and then make up the Fajr (dawn) prayer after Jumu'ah, knowing that he did not pray Fajr before Jumu'ah prayer?
- What is the quorum for Friday prayer, and is Dhuhr prayer performed if the quorum is not met? Do children count towards the quorum, and is the sermon permissible before the quorum is complete if it becomes complete during the sermon?