Is there a Zuhr prayer after the Friday prayer?
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The questioner : Is there a Zuhr prayer after the Friday prayer? Please inform me about my question, may you be rewarded.
The Shaykh : There is no Zuhr prayer after the Friday prayer, except for one who missed the Friday prayer with the imam, in which case it is obligatory for him to pray Zuhr. As for one who caught up with the Friday prayer with the imam, he does not have to pray Zuhr. Rather, repeating the Friday prayer as Zuhr is an innovation that was not known in the time of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, did not obligate His servants to pray twice in the same time. In one time, there is only one obligatory prayer. On Friday, a person has only the Friday prayer in the time of Zuhr, or the Zuhr prayer if he missed the Friday prayer. As for holding the Friday prayer and then holding Zuhr after it, this is an innovation with no basis in the Shari'ah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).
However, some scholars said that it is obligatory because they consider the repetition of the Friday prayer to be forbidden. They hold that if it is unknown which of the Friday prayers was first, then all the Friday prayers become invalid. Therefore, if one is prayed, Zuhr must be prayed after it as a precaution. But this view is not correct. The obligation is that the Friday prayer should not be held in more than one mosque except out of need or dire necessity. If need or dire necessity calls for it, there is no harm in holding multiple Friday prayers in the same town according to the need or dire necessity. But without need or dire necessity, it is forbidden to hold the Friday prayer in one town in a way that involves repetition.
But if the reality is this, and it is necessary to hold the Friday prayer in multiple places without need, as is the case in many Islamic countries, then the sin here is not the sin of the congregants, but the sin of those responsible for the mosques, their imams, their mu'adhdhins, and their affairs. They are the ones who rule on this and prevent what is not called for by need, such as multiple Friday prayers. They should tell the people: Gather in one mosque with one imam as much as possible. This is the obligation of those responsible for the mosques, their imams, and their affairs. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. The listener, Sh. A. from Syria, says.
The Shaykh : There is no Zuhr prayer after the Friday prayer, except for one who missed the Friday prayer with the imam, in which case it is obligatory for him to pray Zuhr. As for one who caught up with the Friday prayer with the imam, he does not have to pray Zuhr. Rather, repeating the Friday prayer as Zuhr is an innovation that was not known in the time of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, did not obligate His servants to pray twice in the same time. In one time, there is only one obligatory prayer. On Friday, a person has only the Friday prayer in the time of Zuhr, or the Zuhr prayer if he missed the Friday prayer. As for holding the Friday prayer and then holding Zuhr after it, this is an innovation with no basis in the Shari'ah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).
However, some scholars said that it is obligatory because they consider the repetition of the Friday prayer to be forbidden. They hold that if it is unknown which of the Friday prayers was first, then all the Friday prayers become invalid. Therefore, if one is prayed, Zuhr must be prayed after it as a precaution. But this view is not correct. The obligation is that the Friday prayer should not be held in more than one mosque except out of need or dire necessity. If need or dire necessity calls for it, there is no harm in holding multiple Friday prayers in the same town according to the need or dire necessity. But without need or dire necessity, it is forbidden to hold the Friday prayer in one town in a way that involves repetition.
But if the reality is this, and it is necessary to hold the Friday prayer in multiple places without need, as is the case in many Islamic countries, then the sin here is not the sin of the congregants, but the sin of those responsible for the mosques, their imams, their mu'adhdhins, and their affairs. They are the ones who rule on this and prevent what is not called for by need, such as multiple Friday prayers. They should tell the people: Gather in one mosque with one imam as much as possible. This is the obligation of those responsible for the mosques, their imams, and their affairs. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. The listener, Sh. A. from Syria, says.