Is it permissible to hold the Friday prayer in a prayer hall that is a half-hour drive from the mosque?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: We are about fifteen people on a farm, and we have with us a learned man who recites the Qur'an. We have a prayer hall where we pray the obligatory prayers. On Friday, is it permissible for him to deliver the sermon and pray with us, even though the main mosque is a half-hour drive from us?
Answer:
Yes. If the main mosque is close to you, it is obligatory for you to pray with the Muslims, attending the Friday prayer. But if the mosque is far away, as you mentioned, a half-hour by car, then you are not required to attend the Friday prayer in that case. Instead, you pray the midday prayer (Zuhr) in your location. It is not permissible for you to hold a Friday prayer in your location; rather, you pray the midday prayer (Zuhr). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: We are about fifteen people on a farm, and we have with us a learned man who recites the Qur'an. We have a prayer hall where we pray the obligatory prayers. On Friday, is it permissible for him to deliver the sermon and pray with us, even though the main mosque is a half-hour drive from us?
Answer:
Yes. If the main mosque is close to you, it is obligatory for you to pray with the Muslims, attending the Friday prayer. But if the mosque is far away, as you mentioned, a half-hour by car, then you are not required to attend the Friday prayer in that case. Instead, you pray the midday prayer (Zuhr) in your location. It is not permissible for you to hold a Friday prayer in your location; rather, you pray the midday prayer (Zuhr). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز إقامة الجمعة في مصلىً يبعد عن المسجد مسافة نصف ساعة بالسيارة؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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