Attending the Friday Prayer and the Virtue of Going Early
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Question:
Shaykh Salih, also among the questions that reached us, this questioner says: How does a person catch the Friday prayer? And if he misses the Friday sermon, does that mean he did not catch the prayer?
Answer:
Going early to the Friday prayer has a great virtue. Every Muslim should go early to the Friday prayer, pray, make du'a, and recite the Qur'an. Also, whoever does not catch the Friday sermon and listen to it and make du'a with the Muslims in it has missed much good. As for catching the Friday prayer, it is achieved by catching one rak'ah of it. One is not considered to have caught the Friday prayer unless he catches a complete rak'ah with the imam. If he catches one rak'ah of the Friday prayer with the imam, he adds another one after the imam's taslim and is considered to have caught the Friday prayer. As for if the imam raises his head from the second rak'ah, then whoever comes after that enters with him with the intention of Zuhr. When the imam says the taslim, he stands up and prays the Zuhr prayer of four rak'ahs. It is obligatory for the Muslim to strive to catch the Friday prayer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Abi Dawud 351Sahih (Al-Albani). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Shaykh Salih, also among the questions that reached us, this questioner says: How does a person catch the Friday prayer? And if he misses the Friday sermon, does that mean he did not catch the prayer?
Answer:
Going early to the Friday prayer has a great virtue. Every Muslim should go early to the Friday prayer, pray, make du'a, and recite the Qur'an. Also, whoever does not catch the Friday sermon and listen to it and make du'a with the Muslims in it has missed much good. As for catching the Friday prayer, it is achieved by catching one rak'ah of it. One is not considered to have caught the Friday prayer unless he catches a complete rak'ah with the imam. If he catches one rak'ah of the Friday prayer with the imam, he adds another one after the imam's taslim and is considered to have caught the Friday prayer. As for if the imam raises his head from the second rak'ah, then whoever comes after that enters with him with the intention of Zuhr. When the imam says the taslim, he stands up and prays the Zuhr prayer of four rak'ahs. It is obligatory for the Muslim to strive to catch the Friday prayer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever takes a ghusl on Friday and then goes, it is as if he offered a camel as a sacrifice
من اغتسل يوم الجمعة ثم راح فكأنما قرب بدنهhe who goes out in the second instance as one who offers a cow; he who goes out in the third instance is treated as one who offers horned cow ; he who goes out in the fourth instance is treated as one who offers hen ; he who goes out in the fifth instance is treated as one who offers an egg. When the Imam comes out (for sermon), the angels too attend to listen to the sermon.
ومن راح في الساعه الثانيه فكانما قرب بقره ومن راح في الساعه الثالثه فكانما قرب كبشا اقرن ومن راح في الساعه الرابعه فكانما قرب دجاجه ومن راح في الساعه الخامسه فكانما قرب بيضه فاذا خرج الامام حضرت الملائكه يستمعون الذكرThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7534 — youtube.com (4:49)
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