The Ruling on the Festival Prayer for the Traveler and Its Ruling for Women and Men
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Regarding the Festival Prayer, if a traveler finds residents in the town he is traveling to who are establishing the prayer, is it obligatory for him to join them?
First, the Festival Prayer: most scholars said: It is a recommended practice,And it was said: It is a collective obligation,And it was said: It is an individual obligation, and the most likely view is that it is an individual obligation for men, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered women, even those who are menstruating and those who are in their seclusion, as well as young girls, to go out for the Festival Prayer. So if you pass through a town and they are praying the Festival Prayer, if you are continuing on your journey, there is no harm in you not stopping. But if you are staying in this town for two or three days and the day of the festival coincides with your stay, then you pray with them.
The questioner: For example, we are circumambulating and the people of Makkah are performing it. The Shaykh: If you are in Makkah and the Festival Prayer is established while you are circumambulating, break off the circumambulation and pray the festival, then complete from the place where you broke off.
The questioner: Is the Festival Prayer an individual obligation for men and women?The Shaykh: It does not appear to be an individual obligation for women, but the Messenger ordered women to go out. For this reason, there is no prayer to which a woman is called other than the Festival Prayer; not Jumu'ah, not the five daily prayers, and not the standing in night prayer in Ramadan.
First, the Festival Prayer: most scholars said: It is a recommended practice,And it was said: It is a collective obligation,And it was said: It is an individual obligation, and the most likely view is that it is an individual obligation for men, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered women, even those who are menstruating and those who are in their seclusion, as well as young girls, to go out for the Festival Prayer. So if you pass through a town and they are praying the Festival Prayer, if you are continuing on your journey, there is no harm in you not stopping. But if you are staying in this town for two or three days and the day of the festival coincides with your stay, then you pray with them.
The questioner: For example, we are circumambulating and the people of Makkah are performing it. The Shaykh: If you are in Makkah and the Festival Prayer is established while you are circumambulating, break off the circumambulation and pray the festival, then complete from the place where you broke off.
The questioner: Is the Festival Prayer an individual obligation for men and women?The Shaykh: It does not appear to be an individual obligation for women, but the Messenger ordered women to go out. For this reason, there is no prayer to which a woman is called other than the Festival Prayer; not Jumu'ah, not the five daily prayers, and not the standing in night prayer in Ramadan.