The ruling on the Friday prayer for one who is in a country and does not know the duration of his stay
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Question:
The first message in this episode is from a listener: Yasser Muhammad Khalil, a Syrian resident in Iraq. Our brother says: I am in a country other than my own, and I do not know the duration of my stay in this country. Is the Friday prayer obligatory for me? And am I considered a traveler or not?
Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows:
The scholars have explained the implication of what the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) indicates: if a man stays in a country without a known intention, meaning he does not know whether he will stay for one day, two days, four days, or more, then he is in the ruling of a traveler. He may shorten the prayer, and he may combine prayers, and the Friday prayer is not obligatory for him; rather, he has the ruling of travelers. However, if he is alone and has no one with him, it is obligatory for him to pray with the congregation because the congregation is obligatory. So he prays the five times with the congregation, and he prays the Friday prayer with them because of the obligation of the congregation.
As for if there are two or more present, they have a choice: if they wish, they pray with the congregation and complete four rak'ahs, and they pray the Friday prayer, which suffices for them; and if they wish, they pray the midday prayer shortened. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. This is if he does not know the duration of the stay?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The presenter: And if he knows?
The Shaykh: As for if he intends to stay for a period of more than four days, then the Friday prayer is obligatory for him, and it is obligatory for him to complete the four rak'ahs. He must complete the midday, afternoon, and night prayers as four rak'ahs, according to the majority of the scholars. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. If that coincides with fasting, Shaykh Abdul Aziz?
The Shaykh: He fasts likewise.
The presenter: He fasts?
The Shaykh: Yes, he fasts Ramadan. He does not have the option to break the fast if he intends to stay for more than four days. Yes, according to the majority of the scholars, and this is a good opinion, and it reconciles the different opinions. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The first message in this episode is from a listener: Yasser Muhammad Khalil, a Syrian resident in Iraq. Our brother says: I am in a country other than my own, and I do not know the duration of my stay in this country. Is the Friday prayer obligatory for me? And am I considered a traveler or not?
Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows:
The scholars have explained the implication of what the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) indicates: if a man stays in a country without a known intention, meaning he does not know whether he will stay for one day, two days, four days, or more, then he is in the ruling of a traveler. He may shorten the prayer, and he may combine prayers, and the Friday prayer is not obligatory for him; rather, he has the ruling of travelers. However, if he is alone and has no one with him, it is obligatory for him to pray with the congregation because the congregation is obligatory. So he prays the five times with the congregation, and he prays the Friday prayer with them because of the obligation of the congregation.
As for if there are two or more present, they have a choice: if they wish, they pray with the congregation and complete four rak'ahs, and they pray the Friday prayer, which suffices for them; and if they wish, they pray the midday prayer shortened. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. This is if he does not know the duration of the stay?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The presenter: And if he knows?
The Shaykh: As for if he intends to stay for a period of more than four days, then the Friday prayer is obligatory for him, and it is obligatory for him to complete the four rak'ahs. He must complete the midday, afternoon, and night prayers as four rak'ahs, according to the majority of the scholars. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. If that coincides with fasting, Shaykh Abdul Aziz?
The Shaykh: He fasts likewise.
The presenter: He fasts?
The Shaykh: Yes, he fasts Ramadan. He does not have the option to break the fast if he intends to stay for more than four days. Yes, according to the majority of the scholars, and this is a good opinion, and it reconciles the different opinions. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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