The ruling on a traveler who passes through a town on Friday morning with the intention of staying until the afternoon
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Honorable Shaykh! If a Muslim traveler passes through a town on Friday with the intention of staying until the afternoon.
Does he pray Friday prayer with them with the intention of Dhuhr? And is it permissible for this traveler to combine the Asr prayer with the Friday prayer?
Yes.
If a traveler passes through a village or city while they are praying Friday prayer and he intends to stay, then it is obligatory for him to attend the Friday prayer due to the generality of the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Jumu'ah: 9] It is said to this traveler: Are you not among the believers?He will say: Yes.
So the address includes you, but he prays with the intention of Friday prayer, just as a woman who attends the Friday prayer prays with the intention of Friday prayer, not with the intention of Dhuhr.Rather, we said: He prays with the intention of Friday prayer following the imam in one respect; and because Friday prayer is better than Dhuhr, so it is not befitting for him to turn away from the better to the lesser.
And as for His saying: Is it permissible for this traveler to combine the Asr prayer with the Friday prayer?We say: It is not permissible; because a prayer is only combined with its counterpart, and Asr is not a counterpart to Friday prayer. This is from the perspective of rational reasoning, and because the Sunnah has not come regarding it.Meaning: The Sunnah has not come regarding combining Asr with Friday prayer, and combining is a legal attribute, and it is not permissible for a person to perform it except with evidence from the Shari'ah.
Does he pray Friday prayer with them with the intention of Dhuhr? And is it permissible for this traveler to combine the Asr prayer with the Friday prayer?
Yes.
If a traveler passes through a village or city while they are praying Friday prayer and he intends to stay, then it is obligatory for him to attend the Friday prayer due to the generality of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
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 الْبَيْعَSo the address includes you, but he prays with the intention of Friday prayer, just as a woman who attends the Friday prayer prays with the intention of Friday prayer, not with the intention of Dhuhr.Rather, we said: He prays with the intention of Friday prayer following the imam in one respect; and because Friday prayer is better than Dhuhr, so it is not befitting for him to turn away from the better to the lesser.
And as for His saying: Is it permissible for this traveler to combine the Asr prayer with the Friday prayer?We say: It is not permissible; because a prayer is only combined with its counterpart, and Asr is not a counterpart to Friday prayer. This is from the perspective of rational reasoning, and because the Sunnah has not come regarding it.Meaning: The Sunnah has not come regarding combining Asr with Friday prayer, and combining is a legal attribute, and it is not permissible for a person to perform it except with evidence from the Shari'ah.