If the day of the festival coincides with Friday, is the Friday prayer performed?
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The Shaykh : This person is asking, saying: If the day of the festival coincides with Friday, yes? We mentioned this last year as well; go back to last year's lesson.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes? All right, if the day of the festival coincides with Friday, it is obligatory to perform the festival prayer at its time and to perform the Friday prayer at its time. So on this day there are two festivals and two festival prayers, correct? Two festivals: the weekly festival and the Festival of Breaking the Fast, and two prayers: the festival prayer and the prayer of breaking the fast, as indicated by the hadith of al-Nu'man ibn Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) This indicates that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform the festival prayer and the Friday prayer when the day of Friday coincided with the day of the festival. However, among the people, whoever attended the festival prayer has a dispensation to perform the midday prayer and not attend the Friday prayer. Did you understand? Sleep has come upon you.
The questioner : Ask, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Do not ask; there is no question. Did you understand now, everyone? If the day of the festival coincides with a Friday, the festival prayer is performed and the Friday prayer is performed, both being obligatory. Whoever attended the festival prayer with the imam has a dispensation to perform the midday prayer instead of the Friday prayer and not attend the Friday prayer. However, the midday prayer is not established in the mosques so that there is no contradiction, where one mosque gathers for the congregation and another gathers for the Friday prayer. Rather, a person prays in his home or with his brothers as a congregation if he has attended the festival prayer. But the better course is to attend the Friday prayer. It is finished, it is finished, it is finished.
The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his companions, and abundant peace until the Day of Judgment.
The Shaykh : Amen.
The questioner : As for what follows, may Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh, and benefit us with your knowledge. We ask Him (Mighty and Majestic) that we be, and that He make us among those who listen to the statement and then follow the best of it.
The Shaykh : Amen, amen.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes? All right, if the day of the festival coincides with Friday, it is obligatory to perform the festival prayer at its time and to perform the Friday prayer at its time. So on this day there are two festivals and two festival prayers, correct? Two festivals: the weekly festival and the Festival of Breaking the Fast, and two prayers: the festival prayer and the prayer of breaking the fast, as indicated by the hadith of al-Nu'man ibn Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him)
That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) used to recite in the Friday and festival prayers "Subbuhisma Rabbika al-A'la" (Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High) and "Hal ataka hadith al-Ghashiyyah" (Has there reached you the news of that which covers?). And when the day of the festival was a Friday, he recited both of them.
أن النبي صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم كان يقرأ في الجمعة والعيد سبح اسم ربك الأعلى وهل أتاك حديث الغاشية وإذا كان يوم العيد يوم الجمعة قرأ بهماThe questioner : Ask, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Do not ask; there is no question. Did you understand now, everyone? If the day of the festival coincides with a Friday, the festival prayer is performed and the Friday prayer is performed, both being obligatory. Whoever attended the festival prayer with the imam has a dispensation to perform the midday prayer instead of the Friday prayer and not attend the Friday prayer. However, the midday prayer is not established in the mosques so that there is no contradiction, where one mosque gathers for the congregation and another gathers for the Friday prayer. Rather, a person prays in his home or with his brothers as a congregation if he has attended the festival prayer. But the better course is to attend the Friday prayer. It is finished, it is finished, it is finished.
The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his companions, and abundant peace until the Day of Judgment.
The Shaykh : Amen.
The questioner : As for what follows, may Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh, and benefit us with your knowledge. We ask Him (Mighty and Majestic) that we be, and that He make us among those who listen to the statement and then follow the best of it.
The Shaykh : Amen, amen.