The ruling on the Friday prayer if it coincides with the day of Eid

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if the day of Eid coincides with Friday, is the Friday prayer omitted? Is it obligatory? And is it permissible for the imam to state explicitly that it is not obligatory?

Answer:
The imam should not state this explicitly, because last year some of the youth, may Allah reform them, caused confusion among the people. The imam does not state this. Let the people who come to pray Friday come; it is an extra good. If a brother comes, he has no sin as long as he has prayed Eid. If a brother comes, he has no sin because he has prayed Eid. And if a brother comes, it is better. Do not tell the people not to come. Do not force them; let them come, for it is better and more virtuous for them. However, the Friday prayer is not left off on the day of Eid; the imam must pray it with whoever is present. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: and he prayed the Friday prayer. But whoever attended the Eid prayer is not required to attend the Friday prayer. He may pray it as Zuhr if he wishes, and attending the Friday prayer is better for him. Therefore, telling the people not to come, or stating these matters explicitly, causes confusion for them, as happened last year. In fact, last year some people called the Zuhr prayer in the mosques on Friday. This was not done by any Muslim except these ignorant people who do not call the Zuhr prayer. Some of them called the Zuhr prayer next to the mosque while the imam was delivering the sermon and he was calling the Zuhr prayer. Is this permissible in Islam?
But this is the result of ignorance, not referring to the people of knowledge, and every person being pleased with his own opinion, and there is no power or strength except with Allah. Leaving the Friday prayer for those who attended the Eid is a dispensation. It is a dispensation for one who has work or is far away, to pray it as Zuhr in his house or with someone who did not go to the Friday prayer from among those who attended, meaning someone like him. They pray it as Zuhr without the adhan, without the adhan, and they do not go to the mosque and establish it as a congregation in the mosque. They do not go like that, and they do not go to the mosque. They pray it outside the mosque. Except that this would be a division among the Muslims. Some would pray Friday and some would pray Zuhr. Some would deliver the sermon for Friday and some would call the adhan for Zuhr. This is a division among the Muslims that is not acceptable. Yes, the rulings of the Shari'ah must be known as they are, and the ignorant people who do not know the limits of what Allah has revealed and who cause confusion for the common people and the people must not be allowed to interfere. Yes.