The ruling on one who is prevented by his employer from performing the Friday prayer
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Question:
He says: My employer prevented me from performing the Friday prayer so that I would work and keep up my eight hours. What must I do regarding leaving the Friday prayer?
Answer:
If you are a guard at the time of Friday, the guard is excused. But to leave the Friday prayer because of your employer’s saying, no, no... and it is not permissible to obey him in disobedience:Sunan Abi Dawud 2625Sahih (Al-Albani).
So the workers pray the Friday prayer with the people, then they return to work, just as they pray the other five times. It is obligatory for the worker and the employee to pray the prayer with the congregation at its time, then return to his work, except if he is a guard over something, if they go out to guard it so that it is not taken, or so that it is not ruined, then this guard has an excuse.
So the guard prays in his place where he is excused, but a person who is not a guard, it is obligatory for him to pray with the people in the congregation, the worker and the non-worker, yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. Is he, as mentioned in his first question, a driver, Your Eminence the Shaykh?
The Shaykh: It is obligatory for him to pray with the people, yes.
The presenter: It is obligatory for him to pray with the people?
The Shaykh: It is obligatory for him to pray with the people, yes.
The presenter: And he must discuss this with the employer?
The Shaykh: Yes. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 2625Sahih (Al-Albani) And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Mishkat al-Masabih 3696 Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
He says: My employer prevented me from performing the Friday prayer so that I would work and keep up my eight hours. What must I do regarding leaving the Friday prayer?
Answer:
If you are a guard at the time of Friday, the guard is excused. But to leave the Friday prayer because of your employer’s saying, no, no... and it is not permissible to obey him in disobedience:
Obedience is in matters which are good and universally recognized.
إنما الطاعة في المعروفSo the workers pray the Friday prayer with the people, then they return to work, just as they pray the other five times. It is obligatory for the worker and the employee to pray the prayer with the congregation at its time, then return to his work, except if he is a guard over something, if they go out to guard it so that it is not taken, or so that it is not ruined, then this guard has an excuse.
So the guard prays in his place where he is excused, but a person who is not a guard, it is obligatory for him to pray with the people in the congregation, the worker and the non-worker, yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. Is he, as mentioned in his first question, a driver, Your Eminence the Shaykh?
The Shaykh: It is obligatory for him to pray with the people, yes.
The presenter: It is obligatory for him to pray with the people?
The Shaykh: It is obligatory for him to pray with the people, yes.
The presenter: And he must discuss this with the employer?
The Shaykh: Yes. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Obedience is in matters which are good and universally recognized.
إنما الطاعة في المعروفA creature is not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the "Creator.”
لا طاعة لمخلوق في معصية الخالقThe presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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