The Expiation of Friday Prayer for Abandoning the Prayer
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Question:
Salih, may Allah preserve you, a questioner says: I have seen many people in some countries who do not pray except on Friday, and they argue with the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Ibn Majah 1086Sahih (Darussalam) regarding what is between them.
Answer:
[It is only] if they avoided the major sins, for that is the completion of the hadith. Abandoning the prayer is one of the major sins, so Friday does not expiate it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Salih, may Allah preserve you, a questioner says: I have seen many people in some countries who do not pray except on Friday, and they argue with the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
From one Friday to the next is an expiation
الجمعة إلى الجمعة كفارةAnswer:
[It is only] if they avoided the major sins, for that is the completion of the hadith. Abandoning the prayer is one of the major sins, so Friday does not expiate it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7485 — youtube.com (16:21)
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