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How does a woman pray the midday prayer on Friday?

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The questioner:
She asks Shaykh Salih and says: How do we pray the midday prayer on Friday? And the questioner, as you heard, addressed Shaykh Salih?

The Shaykh:
She prays the midday prayer when its time enters. When the known time for the midday prayer enters, she prays. If she delays past the beginning of the time, there is no harm. If she prays at the beginning of the time, that is better. She does not restrict herself to the prayer of the men, as some of the common people think. Rather, when the time enters, the women pray, and this is better than delaying.

The questioner:
The number of rak'ahs, Shaykh Salih, because she asks: Do we pray it as two? Yes. It is

The Shaykh:
except if they pray the Friday prayer with the Muslims in the mosque, then it suffices them for the midday prayer,

The presenter:
What Allah willed.

The Shaykh:
As for if they pray in their homes, they pray the midday prayer. Yes.

The questioner:
Meaning they pray four rak'ahs in the prayer.

The Shaykh:
The important thing is it is known: four rak'ahs.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, yes, yes, may Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف تصلي المرأة الظهر يوم الجمعة؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com

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