How a woman prays the Friday prayer, and when does she pray the midday prayer?
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Question:
I would like to know how a woman prays the Friday prayer. Does she pray like a man, or does she pray the midday prayer as on other days? Is it permissible for her to pray before the iqamah? And is it valid for her to pray upon hearing the adhan of another mosque, before the adhan of the mosque near her home?
Please guide us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
A woman is not required to perform the Friday prayer. The Friday prayer is a matter for men. She prays the midday prayer in four rak'ahs if she is resident, and in two rak'ahs if she is traveling. She is not required to perform the Friday prayer; it is only obligatory for men. However, if she attends with the men and prays the Friday prayer with them, it suffices for her, just as some women used to pray the Friday prayer with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it sufficed for them. If a woman prays the Friday prayer with the Muslims, it suffices for her in place of the midday prayer.
As for when she prays, she prays when the time enters. She has no connection to the men. When the time enters and she knows it has entered by hearing the well-known, accurate adhan, or by the sun passing its zenith, she knows the sun has passed its zenith by seeing it, and when it passes, she prays. She is not concerned with the men. Even if she does not hear the men's iqamah, or even if the men have not yet prayed, she may pray before them or after them, and there is no blame on her for that. She is responsible for herself; she has no connection to the men's prayer.
However, it is obligatory that she does not hasten until she is certain of the time and confirms the time. Some time should pass so that her prayer is performed with certainty regarding the time, so she does not hasten. This is because some mu'adhdhins may hasten, and one may hasten before the time. His clock may be fast, and he relies on it and calls the adhan before the time. So she should not hasten until the people finish the adhan, until about a quarter of an hour or so has passed, so that she is reassured that the time has entered: the time for the midday prayer, the time for the afternoon prayer, the time for the sunset prayer, and so on. She should not hasten.
Likewise, the sick person who does not go out to the mosques should not hasten upon hearing the first mu'adhdhin. He should not hasten, because prayer before its time is not valid; it is invalid. And delaying it a little is not dangerous. So a person should not hasten, neither the sick person nor the woman. She should not hasten until each of them is reassured that the time has entered by the mu'adhdhins finishing, or by hearing the people of the mosques praying. That is, he should be certain that the time has entered. However, it is not regulated by the praying people. If the woman prays before the people, or after them, or if the sick person prays before the people, or after them, after the time has entered, there is no blame in that.
The presenter: May Allah reward you, and may Allah reward you with good.
I would like to know how a woman prays the Friday prayer. Does she pray like a man, or does she pray the midday prayer as on other days? Is it permissible for her to pray before the iqamah? And is it valid for her to pray upon hearing the adhan of another mosque, before the adhan of the mosque near her home?
Please guide us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
A woman is not required to perform the Friday prayer. The Friday prayer is a matter for men. She prays the midday prayer in four rak'ahs if she is resident, and in two rak'ahs if she is traveling. She is not required to perform the Friday prayer; it is only obligatory for men. However, if she attends with the men and prays the Friday prayer with them, it suffices for her, just as some women used to pray the Friday prayer with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it sufficed for them. If a woman prays the Friday prayer with the Muslims, it suffices for her in place of the midday prayer.
As for when she prays, she prays when the time enters. She has no connection to the men. When the time enters and she knows it has entered by hearing the well-known, accurate adhan, or by the sun passing its zenith, she knows the sun has passed its zenith by seeing it, and when it passes, she prays. She is not concerned with the men. Even if she does not hear the men's iqamah, or even if the men have not yet prayed, she may pray before them or after them, and there is no blame on her for that. She is responsible for herself; she has no connection to the men's prayer.
However, it is obligatory that she does not hasten until she is certain of the time and confirms the time. Some time should pass so that her prayer is performed with certainty regarding the time, so she does not hasten. This is because some mu'adhdhins may hasten, and one may hasten before the time. His clock may be fast, and he relies on it and calls the adhan before the time. So she should not hasten until the people finish the adhan, until about a quarter of an hour or so has passed, so that she is reassured that the time has entered: the time for the midday prayer, the time for the afternoon prayer, the time for the sunset prayer, and so on. She should not hasten.
Likewise, the sick person who does not go out to the mosques should not hasten upon hearing the first mu'adhdhin. He should not hasten, because prayer before its time is not valid; it is invalid. And delaying it a little is not dangerous. So a person should not hasten, neither the sick person nor the woman. She should not hasten until each of them is reassured that the time has entered by the mu'adhdhins finishing, or by hearing the people of the mosques praying. That is, he should be certain that the time has entered. However, it is not regulated by the praying people. If the woman prays before the people, or after them, or if the sick person prays before the people, or after them, after the time has entered, there is no blame in that.
The presenter: May Allah reward you, and may Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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