The non-prescription of combining the 'Asr prayer with the Friday prayer
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Is it permissible to combine the 'Asr prayer with the Friday prayer, and what is the ruling on that?
It is not permissible to combine 'Asr with Jumu'ah; because the Sunnah has not come regarding combining Dhuhr with 'Asr, and Jumu'ah is not called Dhuhr. Jumu'ah is an independent prayer with its own identity. For this reason, it is not prayed except in one mosque, it consists of two rak'ahs, the recitation is pronounced aloud in it, it is preceded by two khutbahs, and it is not valid except in its specific time. It has many distinct characteristics, so it cannot be attached to Dhuhr, nor can it be analogized to combine 'Asr with it. So if a traveler or a sick person attends Jumu'ah, we tell him: Do not combine. Jumu'ah is an independent prayer with no counterpart among the five prayers, so 'Asr is not combined with it. And whoever combines 'Asr with it must repeat the 'Asr prayer.
It is not permissible to combine 'Asr with Jumu'ah; because the Sunnah has not come regarding combining Dhuhr with 'Asr, and Jumu'ah is not called Dhuhr. Jumu'ah is an independent prayer with its own identity. For this reason, it is not prayed except in one mosque, it consists of two rak'ahs, the recitation is pronounced aloud in it, it is preceded by two khutbahs, and it is not valid except in its specific time. It has many distinct characteristics, so it cannot be attached to Dhuhr, nor can it be analogized to combine 'Asr with it. So if a traveler or a sick person attends Jumu'ah, we tell him: Do not combine. Jumu'ah is an independent prayer with no counterpart among the five prayers, so 'Asr is not combined with it. And whoever combines 'Asr with it must repeat the 'Asr prayer.