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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible for someone who does not have official residency to pray the midday prayer (Zuhr) at home instead of the Friday prayer (Jumu'ah) out of fear of police patrols?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. There are workers who do not have official residency, so they are in this country illegally, and they fear the immigration authorities and emergency police patrols if they attend the Friday prayer. Their question is: Are they allowed to pray the midday prayer (Zuhr) in their homes and not pray the Friday prayer (Jumu'ah)?

Answer:
They are not allowed to violate the regulations. This is not what is permitted for them, and it is not permissible for them to do this. It is not permissible for them to violate the regulations. And their violation of the regulations does not exempt them from the Friday prayer (Jumu'ah). They are combining two evils: the evil of violating the regulations and the evil of missing the Friday prayer (Jumu'ah). Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [435 -2802] هل يجوز لمن لا يملك إقامة رسمية أن يصلي الجمعة ظهرا في بيته خوفا من دوريات الشرطة؟ — youtube.com

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