Explanation of the Book of Friday and the Two Festivals-01b
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The reciter: Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, Abu 'Amir al-'Uqadi narrated to us, Ibrahim ibn Thahman narrated to us from Abu Jumrah al-Dab'i from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: Sahih al-Bukhari 892.
The Shaykh : Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) says: "Chapter on Friday prayer in villages and cities". Villages are small towns, and cities are large ones, although it is permissible to use the term "villages" for a large city, as is done in the Noble Qur'an in many places.
By this heading, he intended to indicate that there is no Friday prayer in the wilderness. Thus, the people of the tents from the desert and others do not perform the Friday prayer because they are not in villages or cities. The people around the city in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from the desert dwellers did not perform the Friday prayer, meaning they did not establish the Friday prayer, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order them to do so. A fortiori, this applies to the traveler who is in the midst of a journey. Some of the scholars of the middle path said: The Friday prayer is prescribed in travel and residence, and they said: The original rule is generality.
It is said: Glory to Allah, do you discard the practice of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? Did he ever perform the Friday prayer during his travels? In fact, most of the Muslims were with him during the Farewell Pilgrimage, and the Day of 'Arafah coincided with a Friday, yet he did not perform the Friday prayer. So where does your claim of generality come from? The action of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Sunnah clarify the Noble Qur'an. Therefore, there is no Friday prayer except in villages and cities. Furthermore, it is obligatory that there be only one Friday prayer in a city or village, and it is not permissible for the Friday prayer to be multiplied except out of dire necessity. The Friday prayer was not multiplied in Islam until the third century; the Muslims had passed more than two hundred years without multiplying the Friday prayer. They would come from the highlands and distant places to pray in a single mosque. What the Muslims are doing today, with the dispersion and the fact that every mosque has a Friday prayer in some Islamic countries, is a great error that contradicts the guidance of the Salaf. Yes, if it were assumed that the mosques are narrow or the places are far apart and people need to multiply the prayer, then that would be to the extent of the need.
The heading?
The reciter: Which of the two openings?
The Shaykh : The first opening.
The reciter: If it is mentioned generally, is it the first?
The Shaykh : If it is mentioned generally, it is the first, and the second... the previous one. And if there is an addition in the second, the brothers are with us.
The first Jumua prayer which was offered after a Jumua prayer offered at the mosque of Allah's Apostle took place in the mosque of the tribe of `Abdul Qais at Jawathi in Bahrain.
إن أول جمعة جمعت بعد جمعة في مسجد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في مسجد عبد القيس بجواثى من البحرينThe Shaykh : Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) says: "Chapter on Friday prayer in villages and cities". Villages are small towns, and cities are large ones, although it is permissible to use the term "villages" for a large city, as is done in the Noble Qur'an in many places.
By this heading, he intended to indicate that there is no Friday prayer in the wilderness. Thus, the people of the tents from the desert and others do not perform the Friday prayer because they are not in villages or cities. The people around the city in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from the desert dwellers did not perform the Friday prayer, meaning they did not establish the Friday prayer, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order them to do so. A fortiori, this applies to the traveler who is in the midst of a journey. Some of the scholars of the middle path said: The Friday prayer is prescribed in travel and residence, and they said: The original rule is generality.
It is said: Glory to Allah, do you discard the practice of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? Did he ever perform the Friday prayer during his travels? In fact, most of the Muslims were with him during the Farewell Pilgrimage, and the Day of 'Arafah coincided with a Friday, yet he did not perform the Friday prayer. So where does your claim of generality come from? The action of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Sunnah clarify the Noble Qur'an. Therefore, there is no Friday prayer except in villages and cities. Furthermore, it is obligatory that there be only one Friday prayer in a city or village, and it is not permissible for the Friday prayer to be multiplied except out of dire necessity. The Friday prayer was not multiplied in Islam until the third century; the Muslims had passed more than two hundred years without multiplying the Friday prayer. They would come from the highlands and distant places to pray in a single mosque. What the Muslims are doing today, with the dispersion and the fact that every mosque has a Friday prayer in some Islamic countries, is a great error that contradicts the guidance of the Salaf. Yes, if it were assumed that the mosques are narrow or the places are far apart and people need to multiply the prayer, then that would be to the extent of the need.
The heading?
The reciter: Which of the two openings?
The Shaykh : The first opening.
The reciter: If it is mentioned generally, is it the first?
The Shaykh : If it is mentioned generally, it is the first, and the second... the previous one. And if there is an addition in the second, the brothers are with us.