If the festival coincides with Friday, is the Friday prayer dropped for a person?
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The questioner : Noble Shaykh, if the festival coincides with Friday, is the Friday prayer dropped for me?
The Shaykh : If the festival coincides with Friday, it is obligatory for the people of the town to establish the Friday prayer, so the Friday prayer becomes a collective obligation and is not obligatory for one who attended the festival prayer.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : However, it is obligatory for him to pray the midday prayer because it is an obligatory prayer of its time. As for one who did not pray the festival prayer with the imam, it is obligatory for him to attend the Friday prayer. So, the Friday prayer is an individual obligation for the imam and for those through whom the collective obligation is fulfilled. As for others who attended the festival prayer with the imam, he has a choice: if he wishes, he attends the Friday prayer, which is better, or if he wishes, he prays the midday prayer. Yes.
The Shaykh : If the festival coincides with Friday, it is obligatory for the people of the town to establish the Friday prayer, so the Friday prayer becomes a collective obligation and is not obligatory for one who attended the festival prayer.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : However, it is obligatory for him to pray the midday prayer because it is an obligatory prayer of its time. As for one who did not pray the festival prayer with the imam, it is obligatory for him to attend the Friday prayer. So, the Friday prayer is an individual obligation for the imam and for those through whom the collective obligation is fulfilled. As for others who attended the festival prayer with the imam, he has a choice: if he wishes, he attends the Friday prayer, which is better, or if he wishes, he prays the midday prayer. Yes.