The ruling on performing the Friday prayer for travelers
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Question:
It was said to the army, so when the gate was opened for us and the gatekeeper asked about the city of the residence, and the owner said without the gatekeeper's permission, on Friday, do we perform the Friday prayer at the end of the Friday prayer or not?
Answer:
If there is a mosque around you where the Friday prayer is performed, and the distance is the distance for shortening the prayer, it is better that you pray with the Muslims, performing it as the Friday prayer; you go to the mosque and pray with the Muslims. But if there is no Friday prayer around you, you perform it as the Zuhr prayer, and it is not permissible for you to perform it as the Friday prayer, because the condition for the Friday prayer is settlement, and you are not settled. The conditions for the validity of the Friday prayer include settlement.
It is not permissible for travelers to perform the Friday prayer. Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) travel, and it is not mentioned that he performed the Friday prayer during his travels; rather, he would pray Zuhr and shorten the prayer. Okay.
Likewise, the Bedouins. The Bedouins were around the city in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in the tribes in their western regions and others, and he did not order them to perform the Friday prayer, because they were not settled, even though they might be numerous, in the hundreds. Because they were not settled, settlement in the place is a condition for the Friday prayer. Yes.
It was said to the army, so when the gate was opened for us and the gatekeeper asked about the city of the residence, and the owner said without the gatekeeper's permission, on Friday, do we perform the Friday prayer at the end of the Friday prayer or not?
Answer:
If there is a mosque around you where the Friday prayer is performed, and the distance is the distance for shortening the prayer, it is better that you pray with the Muslims, performing it as the Friday prayer; you go to the mosque and pray with the Muslims. But if there is no Friday prayer around you, you perform it as the Zuhr prayer, and it is not permissible for you to perform it as the Friday prayer, because the condition for the Friday prayer is settlement, and you are not settled. The conditions for the validity of the Friday prayer include settlement.
It is not permissible for travelers to perform the Friday prayer. Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) travel, and it is not mentioned that he performed the Friday prayer during his travels; rather, he would pray Zuhr and shorten the prayer. Okay.
Likewise, the Bedouins. The Bedouins were around the city in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in the tribes in their western regions and others, and he did not order them to perform the Friday prayer, because they were not settled, even though they might be numerous, in the hundreds. Because they were not settled, settlement in the place is a condition for the Friday prayer. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب شروطه وما نهي عنه منه - 2 — islamhouse.com (38:52)
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