The ruling on the Friday prayer and the midday prayer if the festival falls on a Friday

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If the day of the festival coincides with Friday, and we pray the festival prayer, and then the time for the midday prayer arrives, which one do we take? Therefore, if the day of the festival coincides with Friday, and we pray the festival prayer, and then the time for the midday prayer arrives, which is better: that we pray the Friday prayer or the midday prayer?

Answer:
The better is the Friday prayer. The Friday prayer is established and not left; it must be established, and it is better that you attend it. But if you do not attend it and you pray the midday prayer, that suffices. However, it should not be like what some ignorant people do: they call the adhan for the midday prayer, gather in the mosque, and pray the midday prayer. Is that the matter? The matter, as for individuals, is that they pray the midday prayer alone, or they pray in a small group in a house, or in a place, or in a park. But that they call the adhan for the midday prayer and gather in the mosque, that is contrary to the Sunnah. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order that, and he did not say, “Call the adhan for the midday prayer, gather in the mosque, and pray it as the midday prayer if you did not attend the Friday prayer.” The Messenger did not say this, nor did he order it.