Ruling on Repeating the Zuhr Prayer After the Friday Prayer

Many people, Your Eminence, are asking about repeating the Zuhr prayer after the Friday prayer. Among them is the author of this letter, who says: What is the ruling on repeating the Zuhr prayer after the Friday prayer? Is it obligatory or recommended? Because our imam repeats the Zuhr prayer after the Friday prayer, saying: "Out of fear that the Friday prayer will not be accepted due to the lack of all the pillars of the Friday prayer." Please inform us, may Allah reward you?
Answer: Repeating the Zuhr prayer after the Friday prayer is an innovation that did not exist in the time of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) nor in the time of those who followed them in excellence. The Friday prayer suffices for the Zuhr prayer, and it is an obligatory prayer for its time, so it is not permissible to combine them. Allah has made obligatory upon us five prayers on Friday and on days other than Friday. On Friday, there are five: Fajr, Jumu'ah, Maghrib, and Isha'. These are five. Fajr, Jumu'ah, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha' are five obligatory prayers. If one prays Zuhr after Jumu'ah, he has added a sixth, so there is no basis for that; it is a religious innovation. We hope that those among the scholars who engage in this will reconsider and examine the evidence. When they reconsider, may Allah guide them to insight in this matter. I hope my brothers among the scholars who do this will reconsider. The Messenger (peace be upon him) said: meaning: so it is rejected. And he (may Allah's prayers and blessings be upon him) said: It is agreed upon as authentic from the hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her).
So it is obligatory upon the scholars who repeat it to fear Allah and to leave off this repetition, for it is a religious innovation with no basis. When the Friday prayer is performed, it suffices for the Zuhr prayer. If they have doubt about the Friday prayers, and it is for them to look into the matter and not for others, let them look into it. The Friday prayer that is not needed is abolished, and the Friday prayer that is needed remains. As for mere suspicions, doubts, and illusions, there is no basis for them. The principle is that this Friday prayer was established out of need for it, either due to distance, or because the existing Friday prayer or the existing mosque is too narrow for the people and cannot accommodate them, or for other reasons required by the Shari'ah.
So the principle is that these Friday prayers are sufficient; this is the principle. It is not permissible to have a bad opinion and to assume that the people prayed an invalid Friday prayer; this is a bad opinion with no basis. Rather, it is obligatory to assume the best of the people and that this Friday prayer was established out of need for it, so there is no need for the Zuhr prayer after it. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the authentic hadith: He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "As for after that" - he says in the Friday sermon as Muslim narrated in the Sahih - "As for after that: , so it is not permissible for a scholar or anyone else to innovate in the religion of Allah what is not part of it. But the danger is greater for the scholar because people follow his example. It is obligatory to look and reflect until one rules on what is done with insight. There is no doubt that this is a religious innovation with no basis, so it is obligatory to leave it off, for the scholar and for anyone else. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. Where did this doubt creep in, Your Eminence?
The Shaykh: Because there is disagreement among the scholars regarding establishing a second, third, or fourth Friday prayer. Some scholars say: It is necessary to have only one Friday prayer in the city and there is no need for multiple Friday prayers. This is a wrong opinion; because cities differ, and not every city is sufficient with one Friday prayer. In some cities, the distances between their outskirts are long, and the mosque cannot accommodate the people around it or those far from it, and they cannot come to it. For this reason, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) decided to establish Friday prayers in one country. When the country expands, its outskirts are far apart, and its population increases, there is a Friday prayer in every neighborhood that suffices its people. This is the obligatory thing and what has been established among the scholars. If the causes exist, such as distance, or the narrowness of the mosque, or the country has two or more tribes with enmity between them such that they cannot gather in one mosque for fear that fitnah will occur between them, a mosque is assigned to each tribe exclusively to prevent fitnah. All of this is among the causes. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.