The ruling on being absent from the Friday prayer for recreation
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Question:
This questioner says: In the spring, we go out to the open countryside on Thursday and do not return until Saturday, and we do not pray the Friday prayer for four consecutive Fridays. This is for our leisure during this time.
Answer:
This is not something that should be done. You should not consecutively be absent from the Friday prayer for the sake of recreation. Yes, if you go out sometimes to a place far from the town, there is no harm, and the Friday prayer is not obligatory upon you. If a Friday prayer is near you, pray it with the Muslims. As for if you are far from the town and there is no Friday prayer around you, pray the midday prayer; there is no harm in that. As for the one who makes this a habit for himself and is frequently absent from the Friday prayer and intends this, that is not permissible. Yes.
This questioner says: In the spring, we go out to the open countryside on Thursday and do not return until Saturday, and we do not pray the Friday prayer for four consecutive Fridays. This is for our leisure during this time.
Answer:
This is not something that should be done. You should not consecutively be absent from the Friday prayer for the sake of recreation. Yes, if you go out sometimes to a place far from the town, there is no harm, and the Friday prayer is not obligatory upon you. If a Friday prayer is near you, pray it with the Muslims. As for if you are far from the town and there is no Friday prayer around you, pray the midday prayer; there is no harm in that. As for the one who makes this a habit for himself and is frequently absent from the Friday prayer and intends this, that is not permissible. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/029 — archive.org (10:14)
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