If a master prevents his slave from attending the Friday prayer, do they sin?

The questioner : Zayn, why do we not say that the Friday prayer is obligatory for the slave in all cases, such that if the master prevents him, the master sins and the slave is safe?

The Shaykh : No.

The questioner : Why?

The Shaykh : Because the slave currently has a barrier to the obligation of the Friday prayer upon him, not due to the absence of a condition. Just as a man who is excused by work or illness is relieved of the Friday prayer, the opinion we stated is that the Friday prayer is dropped from the slave due to the presence of a barrier to the obligation, not due to the absence of a condition for the obligation.

The questioner : What is the barrier to existence?

The Shaykh : The right of the master.

The questioner : There is no legal evidence indicating that.

The Shaykh : This hadith.

The questioner : This is weak, we said.

The Shaykh : No, we said it is weak according to some scholars and authentic according to others, but we say if it is authentic, then this opinion must be based on the hadith.