The ruling on the absence of a person in the countryside from the Friday prayer
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Question:
This questioner says: I am in the countryside, and I miss approximately four Friday prayers in a month. Am I sinful, or am I required to go into the town and pray with the congregation?
Answer:
If you are close to the town such that you can hear the call to the Friday prayer, it is obligatory for you to go and pray the Friday prayer with the Muslims. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Jumu'ah 62:9] If you can hear the call, you have no excuse for leaving the Friday prayer while you are able to attend it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This questioner says: I am in the countryside, and I miss approximately four Friday prayers in a month. Am I sinful, or am I required to go into the town and pray with the congregation?
Answer:
If you are close to the town such that you can hear the call to the Friday prayer, it is obligatory for you to go and pray the Friday prayer with the Muslims. Allah the Exalted said:
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 الْبَيْعَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى — youtube.com (36:38)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.