Some people pray the midday prayer after the Friday obligatory prayer. What is your opinion on that, and what is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding this act?
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The questioner : In his second question, the listener Humaid says: Some people pray the midday prayer after the Friday obligatory prayer. What is your opinion on that, and what is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding this act?
The Shaykh : Yes. Praying the midday prayer after the Friday prayer is a religious innovation, a blameworthy innovation that is not prescribed, neither by the Book of Allah nor by the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), nor by the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs after him. Accordingly, a person is to be forbidden from praying it after Friday, and it is said: Where is the evidence from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of His Messenger that a person is obligated to pray two obligatory prayers in the same time? Did Allah obligate upon His servants both Friday and midday? Never.[Al-Jumu'ah 62:9] On the day of Friday, there is only the Friday prayer, while the midday prayer is on the remaining days.
Accordingly, it is obligatory for one who sees someone doing this to advise him and to make it clear to him that this is a religious innovation.
The questioner : Very well.
The Shaykh : So that he does not do it again, and he is told: If you do that now, it will not bring you any closer to Allah, because you have done what Allah and His Messenger have not prescribed for you. So be at peace and leave off the fatigue and hardship, so that your religion may be safe.
The Shaykh : Yes. Praying the midday prayer after the Friday prayer is a religious innovation, a blameworthy innovation that is not prescribed, neither by the Book of Allah nor by the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), nor by the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs after him. Accordingly, a person is to be forbidden from praying it after Friday, and it is said: Where is the evidence from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of His Messenger that a person is obligated to pray two obligatory prayers in the same time? Did Allah obligate upon His servants both Friday and midday? Never.
O you who have believed, when [the adhan] is called for the prayer on the day of Jumu'ah
يا أيها الذين ءامنوا إذا نودي للصلاة من يوم الجمعةAccordingly, it is obligatory for one who sees someone doing this to advise him and to make it clear to him that this is a religious innovation.
The questioner : Very well.
The Shaykh : So that he does not do it again, and he is told: If you do that now, it will not bring you any closer to Allah, because you have done what Allah and His Messenger have not prescribed for you. So be at peace and leave off the fatigue and hardship, so that your religion may be safe.