Traveling on Friday
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The questioner:
He explained the matter. So they stayed with him for an hour and a half.
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
And he travels on Friday, before the sun reaches its zenith, for an hour, two hours, or an hour. So the experience is that he should read the famous Friday sermon.
The Shaykh:
Traveling on Friday is disliked before the sun reaches its zenith. It is disliked before the sun reaches its zenith, unless there is a mosque on his route where he can pray. In that case, there is no dislike. As for after the sun reaches its zenith, it is forbidden. Traveling is forbidden. And he is obligated to pray the Friday prayer. It is not permissible for him to travel after the sun has passed its zenith, for the one upon whom the Friday prayer is obligatory. And he is prevented from traveling.[Al-Jumu'ah 62:9]. So it is not permissible for a person, and he is prevented from this. As for before the sun reaches its zenith, traveling is disliked unless he will pray it on his way. Yes. There is no meaning to it if he goes out to the countryside a long distance where he does not hear the call to prayer and is far from the mosques; the Friday prayer is dropped from him, the Friday prayer is dropped from him. But his doing this continuously and going out on Fridays involves a laxity regarding the Friday prayer and depriving oneself of the great reward. However, he is not considered one who abandons the Friday prayer upon whom the warning applies. That is the one who sits in the town, does not pray the Friday prayer, sits in his house and does not pray the Friday prayer, saying, "Allah is worshipped in every place, I will pray in my house," and he abandons the Friday prayer. This is the one upon whom the warning applies. As for a person who goes out and is far from the town and does not hear the call to prayer for the Friday prayer, it is dropped from him. But if he makes this a habit and takes it as a custom, this is contrary to what is best and contrary to what is preferred, and he deprives himself. As for if he resorts to this with the intention of dropping the Friday prayer, then it is forbidden for him. If his intention in going out is not to pray the Friday prayer, then it is forbidden for him and this thing is not permissible for him. As for if he does not intend to drop the Friday prayer, but he has a purpose for going out, he has a need, he has a purpose, and he did not intend to drop the Friday prayer, then this is thirdly contrary to what is best and preferred. Yes.
He explained the matter. So they stayed with him for an hour and a half.
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
And he travels on Friday, before the sun reaches its zenith, for an hour, two hours, or an hour. So the experience is that he should read the famous Friday sermon.
The Shaykh:
Traveling on Friday is disliked before the sun reaches its zenith. It is disliked before the sun reaches its zenith, unless there is a mosque on his route where he can pray. In that case, there is no dislike. As for after the sun reaches its zenith, it is forbidden. Traveling is forbidden. And he is obligated to pray the Friday prayer. It is not permissible for him to travel after the sun has passed its zenith, for the one upon whom the Friday prayer is obligatory. And he is prevented from traveling.
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 and leave trade.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نُودِيَ لِلصَّلَاةِ مِن يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاسْعَوْا إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَذَرُوا الْبَيْعَ
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الغسل وحكم الجنب — islamhouse.com (53:09)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
