Ruling on traveling before the Friday prayer
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His Eminence the Shaykh: What is the ruling on traveling two hours before the Friday prayer?
Traveling on Friday, if it is after the second call to Friday prayer, is not permissible, because Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Jumu'ah: 9] Therefore, it is not permissible for a person to travel at this time;Because Allah said: [Al-Jumu'ah: 9] And if the travel is before that, then if he will pray Friday prayer on his way, such as traveling from his town while knowing that he will pass through another town on his route, stop there, and pray Friday prayer in it, then there is nothing wrong with that. But if he does not perform it on his way, some scholars disliked it, some scholars forbade it, and some scholars permitted it.And he said: Allah the Exalted did not make attendance obligatory upon us except after the call to prayer.
The best course is not to travel unless he fears missing his companions, or such as if his flight time does not allow him to attend, or something similar to that; otherwise, it is better for him to remain.
Traveling on Friday, if it is after the second call to Friday prayer, is not permissible, because Allah the Exalted said:
O you who have believed, when [the adhan] is called for the prayer on the day of Jumu'ah [Friday], then proceed to the remembrance of Allah and leave trade
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نُودِيَ لِلصَّلاةِ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاسَعَوْا إِلَى ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَذَرُوا الْبَيْعَthen proceed to the remembrance of Allah and leave trade
فَاسَعَوْا إِلَى ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَذَرُوا الْبَيْعَThe best course is not to travel unless he fears missing his companions, or such as if his flight time does not allow him to attend, or something similar to that; otherwise, it is better for him to remain.