We sit on Friday to listen to the sermon from one of the two Harams, the Makkah Haram or the Madinah Haram, via television, and when it ends, we stand up for the prayer
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The questioner : We sit on Friday to listen to the sermon from one of the two Harams, the Makkah Haram or the Madinah Haram, via television, and when it ends, we stand up for the Zuhr prayer. Is this correct, and are we required to observe the etiquettes of the sermon?
The Shaykh : First, where are you? We must ask whether they are in Makkah, for example, and whether they are near a mosque where Jumu'ah is being held.
It is not permissible for them to pray Zuhr; they must attend Jumu'ah, even if they are travelers and are in the town, they must attend Jumu'ah with the people.
As for if they are in a place where there is no Jumu'ah, such as if they are in the desert and they listened to the sermon and then stood up and prayed Zuhr, there is no blame on them.
And they are not required to listen to this sermon; that is, they may talk even if the imam is delivering the sermon, because that is not their imam such that they must listen to him.
On this occasion, I say: If a person is in a town, and the town has multiple mosques, and he hears one of the mosques delivering the sermon, while he does not want to pray with them but rather wants to pray in another mosque, then talking and buying and selling are not forbidden for him at that time, because this preacher is not the imam behind whom he wants to pray. However, if he hears the imam behind whom he wants to pray, he must refrain from talking and leave off buying and selling, even if he has not yet reached the mosque.
The questioner : And if the questioner is a woman, O honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, if the questioner is a woman, Jumu'ah is not obligatory upon her, whether she is in the town or outside the town.
The Shaykh : First, where are you? We must ask whether they are in Makkah, for example, and whether they are near a mosque where Jumu'ah is being held.
It is not permissible for them to pray Zuhr; they must attend Jumu'ah, even if they are travelers and are in the town, they must attend Jumu'ah with the people.
As for if they are in a place where there is no Jumu'ah, such as if they are in the desert and they listened to the sermon and then stood up and prayed Zuhr, there is no blame on them.
And they are not required to listen to this sermon; that is, they may talk even if the imam is delivering the sermon, because that is not their imam such that they must listen to him.
On this occasion, I say: If a person is in a town, and the town has multiple mosques, and he hears one of the mosques delivering the sermon, while he does not want to pray with them but rather wants to pray in another mosque, then talking and buying and selling are not forbidden for him at that time, because this preacher is not the imam behind whom he wants to pray. However, if he hears the imam behind whom he wants to pray, he must refrain from talking and leave off buying and selling, even if he has not yet reached the mosque.
The questioner : And if the questioner is a woman, O honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, if the questioner is a woman, Jumu'ah is not obligatory upon her, whether she is in the town or outside the town.