The Ruling on Traveling on Friday and the Exemption from the Friday Prayer

Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, regarding traveling on Friday, I am accustomed to traveling on such a day. If I travel, is the Friday prayer dropped from me, or do I pray it as the midday prayer?

Answer:
It is better not to travel on Friday and to attend the Friday prayer. However, if traveling is unavoidable, you should strive to pray the Friday prayer on the road with the people, meaning in the town you pass through or reach, praying the Friday prayer with the Muslims. If the travel is after the sun has passed its zenith, it is forbidden and not permissible until you have prayed the Friday prayer. As for traveling before the sun passes its zenith, as we mentioned, if the travel is unavoidable or you have a need for it, there is no harm, but strive to pray the Friday prayer at a place on your route or in the town you reach, so that you obtain the virtue. It is permissible to pray the midday prayer and shorten it to two units. Yes.