Following Ahmad's School of Jurisprudence Regarding the Time of the Friday Prayer for Students Sent Abroad
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: We are students studying abroad. Is it permissible, out of dire necessity, to follow the well-known position of the school of Imam Ahmad regarding the beginning of the time for the Friday prayer? Our lectures begin before the sun reaches its zenith and do not end until the middle of the afternoon. We need to pray the Friday prayer one hour before the sun reaches its zenith. Is that permissible for us?
The Shaykh:
No. The position that is relied upon and for which fatwas are issued is that it is like the midday prayer. One prays it when the time for the midday prayer enters, but one hastens to pray it. As for the midday prayer, one delays it during the heat. You should pray it when the sun has passed its zenith.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Also, do not strive to differ among yourselves and your brothers. There should be no difference where one prays at this time and another prays at a different time. This is not what is appropriate.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: We are students studying abroad. Is it permissible, out of dire necessity, to follow the well-known position of the school of Imam Ahmad regarding the beginning of the time for the Friday prayer? Our lectures begin before the sun reaches its zenith and do not end until the middle of the afternoon. We need to pray the Friday prayer one hour before the sun reaches its zenith. Is that permissible for us?
The Shaykh:
No. The position that is relied upon and for which fatwas are issued is that it is like the midday prayer. One prays it when the time for the midday prayer enters, but one hastens to pray it. As for the midday prayer, one delays it during the heat. You should pray it when the sun has passed its zenith.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Also, do not strive to differ among yourselves and your brothers. There should be no difference where one prays at this time and another prays at a different time. This is not what is appropriate.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 12-06-1435هـ — af.org.sa (48:45)
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