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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on praying the midday prayer after the Friday prayer?

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Question:
The questioner says: There are groups who pray the Friday prayer, and then they establish the midday prayer and pray it at the same time. Please inform us, may Allah reward you?

Answer:
This is an innovation; this is a grave innovation. The one who prays the Friday prayer with the Muslims and then stands up and prays the midday prayer of four rak'ahs—this is the act of a grave innovation, and it is not permissible. The Friday prayer is sufficient, praise be to Allah. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do this. He would pray the Friday prayer and be content with it. The obligatory prayer of the day is the Friday prayer, not the midday prayer.
On the day of Friday, there is no midday prayer except for the one who missed it; the one who missed the Friday prayer prays the midday prayer. As for the one who caught the Friday prayer, it is sufficient for him, and it is the obligatory prayer of the day. So the one who prays the midday prayer with it is an innovator, and his work is rejected. His saying (peace and blessings be upon him)
He who did any act for which there is no sanction from our behalfمن عمل عملا ليس عليه أمرنا
Sahih Muslim 1718b
is a refutation. He said (peace and blessings be upon him)
Avoid novelties, for every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error.وإياكم ومحدثات الأمور فإن كل محدثة بدعة وكل بدعة ضلالة
Sunan Abi Dawud 4607Sahih (Al-Albani)
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم صلاة الظهر بعد صلاة الجمعة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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