The ruling on the Friday prayer when the sound is cut off
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Question:
A questioner says: While we were praying the Friday prayer, at the beginning of the first rak'ah, the electricity went out and the sound stopped, so that those outside the mosque and those in the mosque courtyard could not hear. Some of the worshippers stopped following the imam, and then they prayed the midday prayer, considering that the Friday prayer had been missed. What is the ruling?
Answer:
The Friday prayer was not missed. If they had completed it for themselves, if they had completed it for themselves, and if one of them had stepped forward and prayed with them, completing the prayer, there is no harm. However, their Friday prayer is not invalidated simply because the loudspeaker's sound was cut off. They should complete it themselves, and if one of them leads them, that is good. Yes.
A questioner says: While we were praying the Friday prayer, at the beginning of the first rak'ah, the electricity went out and the sound stopped, so that those outside the mosque and those in the mosque courtyard could not hear. Some of the worshippers stopped following the imam, and then they prayed the midday prayer, considering that the Friday prayer had been missed. What is the ruling?
Answer:
The Friday prayer was not missed. If they had completed it for themselves, if they had completed it for themselves, and if one of them had stepped forward and prayed with them, completing the prayer, there is no harm. However, their Friday prayer is not invalidated simply because the loudspeaker's sound was cut off. They should complete it themselves, and if one of them leads them, that is good. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/038 — archive.org (10:28)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.