What is the evidence that Jumu'ah is not prescribed except with a congregation?
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The questioner: The rulings of Jumu'ah and the like are answers from the University Mosque Committee.
The Shaykh: The Beneficial Answers.
The questioner: Yes, may Allah bless you, may Allah reward you. The Beneficial Answers to the questions of the University Mosque Committee. And it is necessary, and there is a hadith with a sound chain of narration in which it is specified that Jumu'ah is not prescribed except with a congregation, and that the prayer of the one who prays Jumu'ah alone is not valid and not prescribed. He said: I sent a scholarly letter to the honorable shaykh containing the response or the like regarding this point. He said: But unfortunately, I did not find a response, or no response came to me regarding that. Then it occurred to me, at that time, a principle I have heard from you repeatedly, which is: if a matter is not explicitly stated by clear evidence, it should not be affirmed unless someone from the scholars of the Salaf, who is known for knowledge, goodness, and understanding, has preceded us in it. He said: But I have a predecessor in that, and he is Imam Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him).
The Shaykh: One who trivialized the problem.
The questioner: Yes, so I tried to mention...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: And Ahmad Muhammad Shakir.
Another questioner: And perhaps Ahmad Muhammad Shakir followed him in that, or I do not know, but he attributed it, I remember, to Ibn Hazm, and I do not think this attribution to Ibn Hazm is correct.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: So what do you say, or what is your answer?
The Shaykh: There is a treatise there that I referred to.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And that is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 1123Sahih (Darussalam).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : .
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: An explicit text in this, and then it is authentic from Ibn Mas'ud himself, the same meaning as this hadith.
The questioner: Practically, or from his statement?
The Shaykh: No, from his statement.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes, and the shaykh ... (may Allah have mercy on him) is one of our good brothers.
The questioner : There is no doubt.
The Shaykh: But as you know, Salafism came to him late.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Later, and the man is more social than scholarly.
The questioner: May Allah bless you, I feel as if I sensed something of this.
The Shaykh: It is so. We visit him; he is a learned, virtuous man, there is nothing wrong with him, but first, he was from the Muslim Brotherhood.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And he was the head of the Muslim Brotherhood in Idlib. So we informed him when he responded to the call and opened the door of his house to the call. But he was not established in the scientific foundations, nor was he dedicated to serious scholarly study, especially after Allah decreed for us migration from Damascus to here, and the scholarly relations between us and him were cut off. At that time, one is forced to work within the limits of his capacity.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes, he finds, for example, a person like this does not quench his thirst in the book al-Muhalla by Ibn Hazm. And Ibn Hazm actually has many, and very many, anomalies. One who does not have a great store of knowledge cannot stand before them.
The questioner: His argumentation ... in many cases.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: Because his argumentation, that of Ibn Hazm ...
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh: The Beneficial Answers.
The questioner: Yes, may Allah bless you, may Allah reward you. The Beneficial Answers to the questions of the University Mosque Committee. And it is necessary, and there is a hadith with a sound chain of narration in which it is specified that Jumu'ah is not prescribed except with a congregation, and that the prayer of the one who prays Jumu'ah alone is not valid and not prescribed. He said: I sent a scholarly letter to the honorable shaykh containing the response or the like regarding this point. He said: But unfortunately, I did not find a response, or no response came to me regarding that. Then it occurred to me, at that time, a principle I have heard from you repeatedly, which is: if a matter is not explicitly stated by clear evidence, it should not be affirmed unless someone from the scholars of the Salaf, who is known for knowledge, goodness, and understanding, has preceded us in it. He said: But I have a predecessor in that, and he is Imam Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him).
The Shaykh: One who trivialized the problem.
The questioner: Yes, so I tried to mention...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: And Ahmad Muhammad Shakir.
Another questioner: And perhaps Ahmad Muhammad Shakir followed him in that, or I do not know, but he attributed it, I remember, to Ibn Hazm, and I do not think this attribution to Ibn Hazm is correct.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: So what do you say, or what is your answer?
The Shaykh: There is a treatise there that I referred to.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And that is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever catches one Rak’ah of Friday prayer
مَن أدرك ركعةً من صلاة الجمعة فقد أدركThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh :
And whoever does not; let him pray four rak'ahs
ومن لا ؛ فليصلِّ أربعًاThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: An explicit text in this, and then it is authentic from Ibn Mas'ud himself, the same meaning as this hadith.
The questioner: Practically, or from his statement?
The Shaykh: No, from his statement.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes, and the shaykh ... (may Allah have mercy on him) is one of our good brothers.
The questioner : There is no doubt.
The Shaykh: But as you know, Salafism came to him late.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Later, and the man is more social than scholarly.
The questioner: May Allah bless you, I feel as if I sensed something of this.
The Shaykh: It is so. We visit him; he is a learned, virtuous man, there is nothing wrong with him, but first, he was from the Muslim Brotherhood.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And he was the head of the Muslim Brotherhood in Idlib. So we informed him when he responded to the call and opened the door of his house to the call. But he was not established in the scientific foundations, nor was he dedicated to serious scholarly study, especially after Allah decreed for us migration from Damascus to here, and the scholarly relations between us and him were cut off. At that time, one is forced to work within the limits of his capacity.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes, he finds, for example, a person like this does not quench his thirst in the book al-Muhalla by Ibn Hazm. And Ibn Hazm actually has many, and very many, anomalies. One who does not have a great store of knowledge cannot stand before them.
The questioner: His argumentation ... in many cases.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: Because his argumentation, that of Ibn Hazm ...
The Shaykh: Yes.
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