The Friday Prayer for Students Abroad
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Question:
The brother Sami says: If we are, Shaykh, in a foreign land for the purpose of studying, is the Friday prayer obligatory upon us, or do we pray it as the midday prayer? We are on a scholarship for a period of four years.
Answer:
If there is a Friday prayer being held among you, it is obligatory for you to pray the Friday prayer with the Muslims near you. But if there is no Friday prayer among you, then you pray the midday prayer.
The brother Sami says: If we are, Shaykh, in a foreign land for the purpose of studying, is the Friday prayer obligatory upon us, or do we pray it as the midday prayer? We are on a scholarship for a period of four years.
Answer:
If there is a Friday prayer being held among you, it is obligatory for you to pray the Friday prayer with the Muslims near you. But if there is no Friday prayer among you, then you pray the midday prayer.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/173 — archive.org (17:47)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.