The ruling on a traveler leading the residents in the Friday prayer
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Question:
If a man is a traveler and passes by the people of a village, and he wants to pray Friday prayer with them, where there is no preacher in this village, or the traveler is more knowledgeable than the resident, is it permissible for the traveler to deliver the sermon or lead the prayer?
Answer:
There is no harm in that. The scholars have differed on this. Some of the scholars of knowledge said: No, because the traveler is not obligated to perform the Friday prayer. However, the correct view is that there is no harm or blame on him if he prays with them, because his category is addressed regarding the Friday prayer when he is present among them and praying with them.
Some of the scholars of knowledge hold that it is obligatory for him to pray with them when he is present, and it is obligatory upon him just as it is upon others. In any case, the fact that it is dropped from him as a concession and facilitation due to travel does not prevent him from leading them in it and delivering the sermon to the people. There is no harm in that according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions.
If a man is a traveler and passes by the people of a village, and he wants to pray Friday prayer with them, where there is no preacher in this village, or the traveler is more knowledgeable than the resident, is it permissible for the traveler to deliver the sermon or lead the prayer?
Answer:
There is no harm in that. The scholars have differed on this. Some of the scholars of knowledge said: No, because the traveler is not obligated to perform the Friday prayer. However, the correct view is that there is no harm or blame on him if he prays with them, because his category is addressed regarding the Friday prayer when he is present among them and praying with them.
Some of the scholars of knowledge hold that it is obligatory for him to pray with them when he is present, and it is obligatory upon him just as it is upon others. In any case, the fact that it is dropped from him as a concession and facilitation due to travel does not prevent him from leading them in it and delivering the sermon to the people. There is no harm in that according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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