Does the slave have to pray Jumu'ah?
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The questioner : What do you say about the slave? Does he have to pray Jumu'ah?
The Shaykh : The scholars differed on this, and some of them said that the prayer is not obligatory for him. No.
The questioner : Jumu'ah is not obligatory for him.
The Shaykh : The Jumu'ah prayer is not obligatory for him. This is...
The questioner : They said categorically that it is obligatory for you.
The Shaykh : All right, what is the evidence of the first group?
The questioner : The first group said that he is occupied with his master, and that he is his master's property. Because he is occupied with the tasks that the master orders. Yes.
The Shaykh : They have no evidence for this. They use it as evidence, yes, this is what they call the reasoning.
The questioner : .
The Shaykh : The hadith that the brother referred to. Yes. All right.
The questioner : And some of them said that it is obligatory for him, including the Zahiris.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And the prayer is obligatory for you.
The Shaykh : What is the evidence?
The questioner : They relied on the weakness of the previous hadith.
The Shaykh : What is their evidence?
The questioner : They said that he is like...
The Shaykh : Yes, but what is the evidence? Yes.
The questioner : By the generality of the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:[Al-Jumu'ah 62:9] to [Al-Jumu'ah 62:9].
The Shaykh : Yes, and because the default is that free men and slaves are equal in the rights of Allah until evidence establishes a distinction. All right.
The questioner : Please. Missed points.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, there is a third opinion. Yes.
The questioner : This is the...
The Shaykh : And the hadith, if it is authentic, is applied to a slave whose master did not give him permission. That is all. All right.
The Shaykh : The scholars differed on this, and some of them said that the prayer is not obligatory for him. No.
The questioner : Jumu'ah is not obligatory for him.
The Shaykh : The Jumu'ah prayer is not obligatory for him. This is...
The questioner : They said categorically that it is obligatory for you.
The Shaykh : All right, what is the evidence of the first group?
The questioner : The first group said that he is occupied with his master, and that he is his master's property. Because he is occupied with the tasks that the master orders. Yes.
The Shaykh : They have no evidence for this. They use it as evidence, yes, this is what they call the reasoning.
The questioner : .
The Shaykh : The hadith that the brother referred to. Yes. All right.
The questioner : And some of them said that it is obligatory for him, including the Zahiris.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And the prayer is obligatory for you.
The Shaykh : What is the evidence?
The questioner : They relied on the weakness of the previous hadith.
The Shaykh : What is their evidence?
The questioner : They said that he is like...
The Shaykh : Yes, but what is the evidence? Yes.
The questioner : By the generality of the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:
O you who have believed, when [the adhan] is called
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نُودِيَfor the prayer on the day of Jumu'ah [Friday], then proceed to the remembrance of Allah
لِلصَّلَاةِ مِن يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاسْعَوْا إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِThe Shaykh : Yes, and because the default is that free men and slaves are equal in the rights of Allah until evidence establishes a distinction. All right.
The questioner : Please. Missed points.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, there is a third opinion. Yes.
The questioner : This is the...
The Shaykh : And the hadith, if it is authentic, is applied to a slave whose master did not give him permission. That is all. All right.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 4334العبد هل عليه جمعة؟📔 الشرح الممتع على زاد المستقنع - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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