What is the ruling on traveling two hours before the Friday prayer?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah forgive you and your parents, regarding traveling two hours before the Friday prayer, what is the correct opinion in this matter, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Traveling on the day of Friday?
The questioner : Before the prayer.
The Shaykh : If it is after the second adhan for Friday, then it is not permissible, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Jumu'ah 62:9].
The questioner : Is it permissible before the first adhan?
The Shaykh : A moment, so after the second adhan, it is not permissible for a person to travel, because Allah said: [Al-Jumu'ah 62:9], and likewise, we abandon traveling, and we abandon everything that prevents us from the prayer. If it is before that, if he can perform it on his way, such as traveling from his city knowing that he will pass through another city on his route, and he detours to it and prays Friday, then there is no harm in that. Did you understand?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And if he does not perform it on his way, some scholars disliked it, some scholars forbade it, and some scholars permitted it, saying: Allah the Exalted did not obligate upon us attendance except after the adhan.
And the best is not to travel unless he fears missing a group, such as if the flight time does not allow him to attend, or something similar to that; otherwise, it is better that he remains.
The questioner : And if he has a family and children with him?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Children and family, I mean.
The Shaykh : In any case, as long as the second adhan has not been called, there is leeway in the matter, but it is better that he remains, and with hardship, there is no harm in him going.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : Traveling on the day of Friday?
The questioner : Before the prayer.
The Shaykh : If it is after the second adhan for Friday, then it is not permissible, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
O you who have believed, when [the adhan] is called for the prayer on the day of Jumu'ah [Friday], then proceed to the remembrance of Allah
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نُودِيَ لِلصَّلاةِ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاسَعَوْا إِلَى ذِكْرِ اللَّهِThe questioner : Is it permissible before the first adhan?
The Shaykh : A moment,
Then hasten to the remembrance of Allah
فَاسَعَوْا إِلَى ذِكْرِ اللَّهِthen proceed to the remembrance of Allah and leave trade
فاسعوا إلى ذكر الله وذروا البيعThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And if he does not perform it on his way, some scholars disliked it, some scholars forbade it, and some scholars permitted it, saying: Allah the Exalted did not obligate upon us attendance except after the adhan.
And the best is not to travel unless he fears missing a group, such as if the flight time does not allow him to attend, or something similar to that; otherwise, it is better that he remains.
The questioner : And if he has a family and children with him?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Children and family, I mean.
The Shaykh : In any case, as long as the second adhan has not been called, there is leeway in the matter, but it is better that he remains, and with hardship, there is no harm in him going.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes.