Friday Prayer and Shortening the Prayer for Residents in the Wilderness
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The questioner:
Or the questioner asks the Shaykh: Do the servants, the male servants, have to pray the Friday prayer? And do they have to listen to the sermon?
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for them to pray with the Muslims. However, if they are residing in the wilderness, living in the wilderness, far from the town, then the Friday prayer is not obligatory for them. And that is a simple point regarding the question.
The questioner:
And this point is absolute.
The Shaykh:
No, because they are residents. Shortening the prayer is not valid for them because they are residents with a long stay. It is not permissible for a traveler who stays for a long time to shorten the prayer; he takes the ruling of a resident. Yes.
Or the questioner asks the Shaykh: Do the servants, the male servants, have to pray the Friday prayer? And do they have to listen to the sermon?
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for them to pray with the Muslims. However, if they are residing in the wilderness, living in the wilderness, far from the town, then the Friday prayer is not obligatory for them. And that is a simple point regarding the question.
The questioner:
And this point is absolute.
The Shaykh:
No, because they are residents. Shortening the prayer is not valid for them because they are residents with a long stay. It is not permissible for a traveler who stays for a long time to shorten the prayer; he takes the ruling of a resident. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 024-كتاب الصلاة - 15 - صلاة الخوف والجمعة - 5-11-21 هـ — archive.org (32:22)
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