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The ruling on praying the midday prayer with the Friday prayer, and whether the Friday prayer has a regular voluntary prayer (rawatib)?

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Question:
May Allah reward you and grant you good. The sender, Ahmad al-Hasan al-Askar, a Syrian resident in Jordan, sent a number of questions. In the first, he says: Does a person pray the midday prayer on Friday, or is the Friday prayer sufficient for him? And does the Friday prayer have a recommended practice (sunnah)?

Answer:
Whoever prays the midday prayer along with the Friday prayer is an innovator and one who commits a forbidden act. The Friday prayer is sufficient because it is the obligatory prayer of that time. As for those who pray the midday prayer after it, they are innovators, and this prayer is invalid. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever does an action for which there is no command from us, it is rejected, and in another narration: Whoever introduces into our matter something that is not part of it, it is rejected.من عمل عملا ليس عليه أمرنا فهو رد، وفي رواية من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو رد،
As for the recommended practice (sunnah) with the Friday prayer, there is no recommended practice before it. Rather, a person performs voluntary prayer before the Friday prayer with whatever is easy for him. And if one enters while the imam is delivering the sermon, he does not sit until he prays two units (rak'ahs), due to the command of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to do so. As for after the Friday prayer, it is recommended to perform the regular voluntary prayer (rawatib) after it, with a minimum of two units and a maximum of four or six units, each two units concluded with a closing salam. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5744- حكم صلاة الظهر مع صلاة الجمعة، وهل للجمعة راتبة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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