Questioned about the hadith: (There is no Friday prayer upon the traveler) and whether, if he hears the call to Friday prayer, he must attend it or leave it off because of this hadith?

The questioner : Regarding the traveler, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: and if he...

The Shaykh : Is the statement before you proceed with your speech correct?

The questioner : In your speech, it is correct.

The Shaykh : ... the saying of the Messenger.

The questioner : Yes, I quoted it from your speech.

The Shaykh : I am not saying the Messenger said it.

The questioner : You are authenticating the hadith.

The Shaykh : No

The questioner : You authenticated the hadith.

The Shaykh : Where, my brother?

The questioner : In *Irwaa' al-Ghalil*.

The Shaykh : .

The questioner : And also in *Sahih al-Jami'*.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good, but I doubt this and it must be reviewed. Well, no problem, proceed; the ruling is correct, there is no issue.

The questioner : We will review it, O Shaykh, but I am certain it is in *Sahih al-Jami'*.

The Shaykh : Please go ahead.

The questioner : Yes, so this hadith implies that there is no Friday prayer upon the traveler.

The Shaykh : And it is so.

The questioner : Then, the traveler attended Friday prayer while sitting and said, "I have no Friday prayer obligation," while he was hearing the call. This happened, so a man said: He said to him, "This is for those upon whom Friday prayer is obligatory, but I am a traveler, so I am excluded from this ruling. What is your opinion, O Shaykh?"

The Shaykh : That is the opinion.

The questioner : There is no Friday prayer upon him.

The Shaykh : There is no Friday prayer upon him, but what is upon him? Congregation is upon him.

The questioner : Congregation?

The Shaykh : No, not congregation [in the sense of combining], but congregational prayer is upon him.

The questioner : Yes, yes.

The Shaykh : And this is if he has a congregation with him.

The questioner : Yes, he has a congregation with him.

The Shaykh : He has a congregation, so he must pray Zuhr in congregation, and there is no Friday prayer upon him. This answer is correct.

The questioner : Well, O Shaykh, what is your opinion, O Shaykh, about one who prays Friday prayer while traveling? Is this considered an innovation?

The Shaykh : The obligatory Zuhr is dropped from him, meaning the obligatory prayer is dropped from him.

The questioner : But he is worshipping Allah (Mighty and Majestic) with the Friday prayer, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .

The Shaykh : It is not a negation of the obligation, nor a negation of the lawfulness.

The questioner : But it is not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he prayed Friday prayer while traveling.

The Shaykh : And I agree with you. The issue is not about this; the issue is about him (peace be upon him) regarding one who was traveling and prayed Friday prayer: is the obligation of the time dropped from him or not? The answer is that it is dropped. As for saying that the hadith says: , this negates the obligation but does not negate absolute lawfulness.

The questioner : Should I say that he establishes Friday prayer and gives the sermon, and so on?

The Shaykh : No, the traveler does not establish it.

The questioner : And if he establishes it while being insistent on this.

The Shaykh : He will be an innovator.

The questioner : This is what I mean.

The Shaykh : He will be contradicting the Sunnah. I understood that the individual, instead of praying Zuhr...