A group of people went out about twenty kilometers from the town. Is it permissible for us to establish the Friday prayer?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. A group of people went out twenty or thirty kilometers from the city, and the Friday prayer time came upon them. Is it permissible for them to establish the Friday prayer?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to establish the Friday prayer outside the town, whether a person goes out on a journey or for a leisure trip.
Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not pray the Friday prayer while traveling, even on the Day of 'Arafah, which is the greatest gathering of people, he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not establish the Friday prayer there.
So if someone establishes the Friday prayer in such a case, inform him—may Allah bless you—that it is obligatory for him to repeat the prayer. If he was a traveler, he repeats it as two rak'ahs, and if he was not a traveler, he repeats it as four.
The questioner : Even if, for example, it has been two years or more?The Shaykh : Even if it has been two years or more, the debt is not dropped due to the length of time.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to establish the Friday prayer outside the town, whether a person goes out on a journey or for a leisure trip.
Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not pray the Friday prayer while traveling, even on the Day of 'Arafah, which is the greatest gathering of people, he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not establish the Friday prayer there.
So if someone establishes the Friday prayer in such a case, inform him—may Allah bless you—that it is obligatory for him to repeat the prayer. If he was a traveler, he repeats it as two rak'ahs, and if he was not a traveler, he repeats it as four.
The questioner : Even if, for example, it has been two years or more?The Shaykh : Even if it has been two years or more, the debt is not dropped due to the length of time.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes.