Sleeping in the mosque before Friday prayer
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Question:
The questioner says: I see some of the brothers sleeping before the imam enters to deliver the Friday sermon, and some of them do not attend until after the iqamah. What is the ruling on the prayer?
Answer:
The one who sleeps, meaning dozes off while sitting, has no harm in it, provided he is not overcome by drowsiness. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) used to wait for the prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) until their heads would nod, then they would stand up and pray. As for lying down or leaning on something and sleeping, this invalidates his wudu' (ablution), because he cannot control himself, and it is a cause for the invalidation of wudu', so he must perform wudu'. As for those who do not attend until the iqamah, at the iqamah, this is a deprivation. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:[Al-Jumu'ah 62:9]. The remembrance of Allah is the sermon. He should attend early, listen to the sermon, and benefit from it. Yes.
The questioner says: I see some of the brothers sleeping before the imam enters to deliver the Friday sermon, and some of them do not attend until after the iqamah. What is the ruling on the prayer?
Answer:
The one who sleeps, meaning dozes off while sitting, has no harm in it, provided he is not overcome by drowsiness. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) used to wait for the prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) until their heads would nod, then they would stand up and pray. As for lying down or leaning on something and sleeping, this invalidates his wudu' (ablution), because he cannot control himself, and it is a cause for the invalidation of wudu', so he must perform wudu'. As for those who do not attend until the iqamah, at the iqamah, this is a deprivation. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
O you who have believed, when [the adhan] is called for the prayer on the day of Jumu'ah [Friday], then proceed to the remembrance of Allah
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نُودِيَ لِلصَّلَاةِ مِن يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاسْعَوْا إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/132 — archive.org (8:24)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.