You mentioned that the Friday bath is obligatory for every person who has reached puberty. If a young man has a cold and fears that it will worsen, what should he do?

The questioner : Your Eminence. Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings. You mentioned that the Friday bath is obligatory for every person who has reached puberty. Your Eminence, if a young man has a cold and fears that it will worsen, what should he do?

The Shaykh : Yes. First: your expression is wrong, wrong, wrong. To say: "You mentioned." I did not mention it. I say: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said. And there is a difference between my saying "I mentioned" and my saying "The Messenger said." The correct expression is to say: You quoted the hadith, which is the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): . And Allah the Exalted knows that if I had not seen the obligation of the Friday bath in this hadith, I would not have told people: "Take a bath." And how would I oblige people with what obliges them in the religion of Allah?! A person fears his Lord before he fears His creation. This is something obligatory for us to convey. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So the word , and if this had been in a book by one of the male authors, it would be said: The author holds that the Friday bath is obligatory. How much more so when it came from the most knowledgeable of creation regarding the Shari'ah of Allah, the most sincere of creation toward the servants of Allah, and the most eloquent of creation in speech and statement?! This is a clear matter that it is obligatory.
So, if a person is sick with a cold or something else and fears the use of water, he owes nothing. Because we have a rule from Allah the Exalted, a rule, a rule, a rule, which is: and It is narrated, and it is weak: that a group of people were in a military expedition, and one of them was wounded and then had a seminal emission. He said to his companions: "Should I not perform dry ablution?" They said: "We find no dispensation for you; the water is before you." So he took a bath, and the water entered his wound, and he died. That was reported to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and he said: . And Allah the Exalted said: . And when 'Amr ibn al-'As (may Allah be pleased with him) had a seminal emission while he was in a military expedition with his people, when he had the emission, he performed dry ablution and did not take a bath, and he became their imam. When they reached the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) and informed him, he said: أصليت بأصحابك وأنت جنب؟ قال : يا رسول الله! ذكرت قول الله عز وجل : وَلا تَقْتُلُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ فخفت على نفسي من البرد. فضحك النبي صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم حتى بدت نواجذه Did you lead your companions in prayer while you were in a state of major ritual impurity? He said: O Messenger of Allah! I remembered the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And do not kill yourselves," so I feared for my life from the cold. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) laughed until his molars were visible. confirming this and rejoicing that this man understood from the Book of Allah what Allah the Exalted intended. Otherwise, if he had been an ordinary man, he would have said: "Allah said: and I did not kill myself. I feared for my life from the cold. And the cold is not killing in any case." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) laughed in approval and confirmation of this man, and rejoiced that he understood from the Book of Allah the Exalted this understanding. The Messenger rejoiced that his Ummah understood the words of their Lord. And we—by Allah—rejoice as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) rejoiced, even though the distance between the two rejoicings is like the distance between the East and the West, but we rejoice that the common people and students of knowledge understand from the Book of Allah what Allah the Exalted intended by His words.
So, if this man has a cold and fears that if he removes his clothes, the air will affect him or his recovery will be delayed, Allah has pardoned him. Yes.