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The ruling on one who prays the Friday prayer as a follower of the radio broadcast of the Friday prayer rites

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Question:
I am alone on the island of Cyprus, and I have not found any Muslims to pray with, nor is there any mosque. However, I hear the adhan via the radio from one of the Arab countries, and I pray the Friday prayer behind the radio in one of the Arab countries. Is this prayer considered a congregational prayer? And what should I do if I am late for some of the prayer times, because I must perform ghusl (full ritual bath) out of fear that my work, which I previously mentioned to you, in a pork factory, may involve some ritual impurity. I perform ghusl before prayer. I ask for your guidance regarding what I have asked. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and whoever follows his guidance. As for what follows, there is no doubt that the Friday prayer is obligatory upon the Muslims. However, it is not permissible for you to pray behind the radio. Rather, it is obligatory for you to seek out among the Muslims someone who establishes the Friday prayer, and you must strive in that. If a group of Muslims becomes available to you in any of the mosques, pray the Friday prayer with them, even if there are only two, and you become the third; because the correct view is that the Friday prayer is established with three people. If they are settled residents in a country, not travelers but permanent residents, then you all pray the Friday prayer together. If they are more than three, that is better and better. It is recommended for you and your like among the good brothers to strive in this matter, and to make efforts to establish the Friday prayer and the congregational prayer in the existing mosques, and to be keen on opening them; because it has reached me that there are many mosques that are closed. It is incumbent upon you and your brothers to strive diligently to open whatever is possible of them, and to establish the Friday prayer in whatever is possible of them. Do not pray behind the radio.
If no one becomes available to you, pray the Zuhr prayer. Pray four rak'ahs of Zuhr after the sun has passed its zenith, after the time has entered. Do not pray the Friday prayer unless you have with you two or more people who are settled residents in the country. This is how the scholars have explained it. We ask Allah to make you a source of blessing, to help you with the means of good, and to make you a key to good. As for the ghusl (full ritual bath), it is a sunnah (recommended practice), a confirmed sunnah, on Friday for the one who prays the Friday prayer. Some of the scholars held that it is obligatory. It is established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: "Whoever among you comes for the Friday prayer, let him perform ghusl." He also said (peace and blessings be upon him): "The ghusl on Friday is obligatory for every adult." And that he should use the miswak and apply perfume. The majority of the scholars said that the meaning of "obligatory" here is "emphasized." So it is recommended for you to perform ghusl on Friday if you are praying the Friday prayer. As for the prayers at other times, ghusl is not prescribed for them. If you know that there is impurity on your garment, or on your body from pork meat, or pork blood, or urine, or otherwise, wash it. Wash only the affected area, and you do not have to perform ghusl. You must wash whatever the blood or impurity from the pork has touched on your hand, or your foot, or your garment. As for ghusl, it is not obligatory for you, but it is recommended for you for the Friday prayer. Ghusl is obligatory for you for janabah (major ritual impurity) if you have intercourse with your wife, or if you discharge semen with desire, you perform ghusl for janabah. We ask Allah to help you with good, and to grant us and you understanding in the religion, and the consequences of
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 7444 - حكم من يصلي الجمعة مؤتماً بما ينقله المذياع من شعائر صلاة الجمعة - نور على الدرب — youtube.com

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