Ruling on Combining the 'Asr Prayer with the Friday Prayer

Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on combining the 'Asr prayer with the Friday prayer? And if the answer is that it is not permissible, is it permissible for a traveler to pray the Friday prayer with the intention of shortening the Zuhr prayer?

Answer:
It is not permissible to combine 'Asr with the Friday prayer because it is not of the same kind, and because this was not reported from the righteous Salaf that they combined 'Asr with Zuhr, even though they used to travel and attend the Friday prayer at times, and it is not known of them that they combined 'Asr with the Friday prayer. So this is not permissible and it is not valid. The one who attends the Friday prayer is better off intending it as the Friday prayer than intending it as Zuhr; he intends it as the Friday prayer, and it suffices for the Zuhr, and he does not combine 'Asr with it. Yes.