The time for the Friday prayer came upon us while we were working at sea, and we left it half an hour after the time for the adhan of the midday prayer. Is it valid for us to perform the adhan and the Friday prayer?
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The questioner : The time for the Friday prayer came upon us while we were working at sea, and we left it half an hour after the time for the adhan of the midday prayer. Is it valid for us to perform the adhan and the Friday prayer? We ask for guidance on this matter?
The Shaykh : The Friday prayer is not valid except in mosques in cities or villages, and it is not valid for a group of people working on land or at sea, because it was not the way of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to establish the Friday prayer except in cities and villages. He (peace and blessings be upon him) would travel for many days and would not establish the Friday prayer. You are currently at sea, not settled, but rather workers who move right and left and return to your homelands and towns. Therefore, what is obligatory for you is the midday prayer, not the Friday prayer.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
This is a letter from Uthman 'Abd al-'Aati Jabir from the Arab Republic of Egypt, who works in Iraq.
The Shaykh : The Friday prayer is not valid except in mosques in cities or villages, and it is not valid for a group of people working on land or at sea, because it was not the way of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to establish the Friday prayer except in cities and villages. He (peace and blessings be upon him) would travel for many days and would not establish the Friday prayer. You are currently at sea, not settled, but rather workers who move right and left and return to your homelands and towns. Therefore, what is obligatory for you is the midday prayer, not the Friday prayer.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
This is a letter from Uthman 'Abd al-'Aati Jabir from the Arab Republic of Egypt, who works in Iraq.