Catching the Friday Prayer and Its Ruling for the Traveler

Question:
He asks, Shaykh, about catching up with the Friday prayer, and whether the Friday prayer is waived for the traveler, and how he should pray it?

Answer:
The Friday prayer is caught by one complete rak'ah. So if a person arrives and catches the imam while he is bowing in the second rak'ah and joins him, he has caught the Friday prayer. He adds another rak'ah after the imam's taslim, and he has thus caught the Friday prayer, as is authentic in the hadith. However, if the imam raises his head from the bowing in the second rak'ah, he has missed the Friday prayer. He joins him with the intention of the Zuhr prayer. When the imam says the taslim, he stands up and completes the Zuhr prayer. As for the traveler, there is no Friday prayer required of him, unless he attends it with those for whom it is obligatory. If he prays it with them, it suffices for him in place of the Zuhr prayer.

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