What is the ruling on praying the Friday prayer on the day of the festival?

Question:
The questioner says: If the festival falls on a Friday, does a person have the option to pray the festival prayer, attend the festival sermon, and leave the Friday prayer, or the other way around? What is the ruling in this matter?

Answer:
If the day of the festival coincides with Friday, it is obligatory to establish the Friday prayer; the Friday prayer is not left off; it must be established. However, the followers (ma'mum) have the choice: if they wish, they may attend with the imam and the Friday prayer is established, and they receive the reward of the Friday prayer. And if one wishes not to attend and is content with the festival prayer, he is content with the festival prayer; that is permissible for him, and he prays the midday prayer (Zuhr).
Some of those who claim to be students of knowledge have erred. When Friday coincided with the day of the festival, they began opening the mosques for the midday prayer (Zuhr), and some of them call the adhan for the midday prayer. This is an error; this is an error. Do not open the mosques.
The day for the midday prayer (Zuhr) is the day of Friday. Do not open the mosques, and the mu'adhdhins do not call the adhan. But individuals, the individual people, have the choice. Individuals, yes. But the collective of the people of the town, no; it is obligatory to establish the Friday prayer. Yes.