What is the ruling on one whose wudu' is broken while sitting in the tashahhud of the Jumu'ah prayer? Does he restart it as Zuhr or as Jumu'ah?

The questioner : In the final tashahhud, or in the tashahhud of Jumu'ah, a man became in a state of ritual impurity and went out to perform wudu'. When he returned, the imam had finished the Jumu'ah prayer. Does he pray Zuhr, or what does he do?

The Shaykh : Excuse me. ...

The questioner : In the prayer itself, as I said, his entire prayer is invalid. That means he exits the prayer and then joins the prayer again.

The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.

The questioner : In the tashahhud of the two rak'ahs of Jumu'ah, a man became in a state of ritual impurity during the tashahhud, went out to perform wudu', and returned. The imam finished the prayer. What does he do now?

The Shaykh : He joined the imam from the beginning of the prayer.

The questioner : Yes, from the beginning of the prayer.

The Shaykh : So he became in a state of ritual impurity.

The questioner : So he became in a state of ritual impurity.

The Shaykh : The scholars have two opinions on this. I do not remember being asked this question often, and... What is your opinion? Does he build upon what has passed, or does he restart? One opinion says he builds upon what has passed, and according to this opinion, he completes the Jumu'ah. Do you understand? According to the opinion that says he restarts the prayer, he must pray Zuhr.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
Al-Halabi : You have opened a new door for me in the question, and the intent is whether he repeats the entire prayer as Jumu'ah or as Zuhr.

The Shaykh : I am answering him.
Al-Halabi : Your answer was based on building upon the previous prayer.

The Shaykh : No, I am saying there are two opinions: one says he builds, and the other says he restarts.
Al-Halabi : Restart, yes.

The Shaykh : If he builds, he completes Jumu'ah. If he restarts, he restarts as Zuhr. That is what I said.

The questioner : How does he complete Jumu'ah? Does he pray the tashahhud?

The Shaykh : Of course, he completes it. He completes up to where he became in a state of ritual impurity, and then he continues from there. That is the meaning of building. Yes.

The questioner : After he performs wudu', he says Allahu Akbar, he says takbir, and he sits for the tashahhud with another takbir.

The Shaykh : My brother, this is called restarting. He comes and completes it as if he had done nothing.
Al-Halabi : As if nothing had happened.

The Shaykh : Yes, exactly. I say if you do this for the 'Isha' prayer in the mosque, then the iqamah is called.

The questioner : Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah...
The iqamah of the prayer

The Shaykh : The deviation to the left, as I think, and this is a deviation from the right. Where is Abu Mu'adh?
Abu Mu'adh: Yes, yes, I observed the setting of the sun, so I was praying to the right.

The Shaykh : My brother, the setting of the sun... as Allah the Exalted said: Does the sun not set from here? In winter it sets from here. So do you pray like this in winter and like this in summer? You need to look at the zenith of the sun for Zuhr, which means having some knowledge of astronomy and knowing the degrees of the earth. In other words, if the Ka'bah is this pillar here, the person's position differs between being here and being there. So he must know how many degrees he is deviating from the Ka'bah, one degree or two degrees. We have, if we call them lines of longitude, the line of longitude does not come to us exactly from the North Pole to the South Pole passing through our country and what? Mecca. So we in Mecca must deviate slightly to the left. That means if this pillar is the Ka'bah, our location is there. So then we need to deviate like this, and those who are here need to deviate like this, and so on. What I know now regarding the position of my house and the house of our brother Abu 'Abdullah is that we must deviate to the left. I was surprised when you told me about the deviation and said to me, "Yes, to the right," so I said to myself, the people of the house know it best. But when I reviewed my own position, I found the difference... Oh Allah, stand in rows... and this deviation to the left is not done in the manner of "stay in your place and move," everyone needs to deviate... the cushions...
[FThe Shaykh : Al-Albani leads the people in prayer. Note: He read the word "Malik" in Surat al-Fatihah as "Malik" in the second rak'ah (may Allah have mercy on him). The second note is that he does not leave a gap in the recitation between Surat al-Fatihah and the short surah, and this is the sunnah in that, as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do, and the Companions after him (may Allah be pleased with them). The prayer ended.