The ruling on the Friday prayer without a sermon
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: The imam was late for the Friday sermon and did not attend, so one of the congregation stepped forward and led the people in two rak'ahs aloud without a sermon. What is the ruling on their prayer? And if they made a mistake, what is required of them now?
Answer:
This is a mistake, and their prayer of two rak'ahs is not valid. They must pray it as Zuhr, four rak'ahs. It is obligatory for them to repeat it as Zuhr, because if the Friday prayer is missed, Zuhr is prayed in its place. One does not pray two rak'ahs except with a sermon. If two sermons have preceded, the Friday prayer is valid as two rak'ahs. But if two sermons have not preceded, it becomes Zuhr, and they must pray it as Zuhr, four rak'ahs. So they must repeat Zuhr. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: The imam was late for the Friday sermon and did not attend, so one of the congregation stepped forward and led the people in two rak'ahs aloud without a sermon. What is the ruling on their prayer? And if they made a mistake, what is required of them now?
Answer:
This is a mistake, and their prayer of two rak'ahs is not valid. They must pray it as Zuhr, four rak'ahs. It is obligatory for them to repeat it as Zuhr, because if the Friday prayer is missed, Zuhr is prayed in its place. One does not pray two rak'ahs except with a sermon. If two sermons have preceded, the Friday prayer is valid as two rak'ahs. But if two sermons have not preceded, it becomes Zuhr, and they must pray it as Zuhr, four rak'ahs. So they must repeat Zuhr. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 30 — archive.org (25:14)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.