What is the manner of the festival prayer if it coincides with a Friday?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : We mean Friday, our Shaykh. Our Shaykh, regarding the festival and Friday, do you pray the festival, or Friday, or both together?
The Shaykh : If a festival and a Friday coincide.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is permissible for the imam to limit himself to the festival prayer. It is permissible, but it is not obligatory.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But if he prays on the day of the festival, it is not obligatory for those who prayed the festival prayer
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : to pray Friday. As for him, it is obligatory for him to combine by praying Friday, because it may not be possible for some people to pray the festival. Is that clear?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That means there are two rulings here.
The student : There are two rulings.
The Shaykh : One ruling concerns the congregation, and one ruling concerns the imam of the congregation. The imam of the congregation must pray the festival and must pray Friday. As for those who prayed the festival behind him, it is not obligatory for them to pray Friday.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
Another questioner : It is not obligatory for them to pray Friday, but it is obligatory for them to pray the midday prayer.
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : And the narration of Ibn Mas'ud here is authentic.
The Shaykh : It is not obligatory for them to pray either Friday or the midday prayer.
The questioner : Nor the midday prayer.
The Shaykh : If a festival and a Friday coincide.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is permissible for the imam to limit himself to the festival prayer. It is permissible, but it is not obligatory.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But if he prays on the day of the festival, it is not obligatory for those who prayed the festival prayer
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : to pray Friday. As for him, it is obligatory for him to combine by praying Friday, because it may not be possible for some people to pray the festival. Is that clear?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That means there are two rulings here.
The student : There are two rulings.
The Shaykh : One ruling concerns the congregation, and one ruling concerns the imam of the congregation. The imam of the congregation must pray the festival and must pray Friday. As for those who prayed the festival behind him, it is not obligatory for them to pray Friday.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
Another questioner : It is not obligatory for them to pray Friday, but it is obligatory for them to pray the midday prayer.
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : And the narration of Ibn Mas'ud here is authentic
He did not pray anything except the afternoon prayer
أنه ما صلَّى إلا العصرThe Shaykh : It is not obligatory for them to pray either Friday or the midday prayer.
The questioner : Nor the midday prayer.
Source
www.al-albany.com
The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.