The Ruling on the Friday Prayer During Short and Long Journeys
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The question of the brother Fawaz Muhammad Ali—the second one—states: We are brothers in Allah who go out on Friday on a journey to an area within the boundaries of the city, and our number is twenty. We hold the Friday sermon along with the prayer. Is our prayer sufficient or acceptable, or not?
Answer: If you are travelers, then the traveler is not required to perform the Friday prayer. If the distance is long enough to be considered a journey, then the traveler is not required to perform the Friday prayer, and it is not valid for him. You must pray the midday prayer shortened to two units. It is a recommended practice to shorten it to two units. If you are near the town, close to the town, and you can hear the call to prayer, or it is possible for you to hear the call to prayer, then you must pray the Friday prayer with the people. However, if you are not travelers and are far from the place of the Friday prayer, then you pray it as the midday prayer. It is not permissible for you to pray the Friday prayer, because the Friday prayer is only established in cities and villages, not in deserts, not in the countryside, and not on journeys. Therefore, it is obligatory for you, if you are near, to pray the Friday prayer with the people. And if you are far, then if you are travelers... in the ruling of travelers, you pray the midday prayer shortened. This is the best. And if you are near, not travelers, but you cannot attend the Friday prayer due to your distance, then you pray it as the midday prayer, four units.
This is the obligatory duty, and this is what the scholars have established, and Allah knows best. Yes.
The presenter: Meaning: those who go out for recreation on Friday?
The Shaykh: If they are far away, meaning: like seventy or eighty kilometers from the town, they pray the midday prayer shortened because they are travelers. And if they are near, in the outskirts of the city, thirty kilometers, twenty kilometers, twenty-five kilometers, approximately forty kilometers, these people pray the midday prayer, four units, and do not pray the Friday prayer. But if they are near and can hear the call at the edge of the town, it is obligatory for them to pray the Friday prayer with the people.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Answer: If you are travelers, then the traveler is not required to perform the Friday prayer. If the distance is long enough to be considered a journey, then the traveler is not required to perform the Friday prayer, and it is not valid for him. You must pray the midday prayer shortened to two units. It is a recommended practice to shorten it to two units. If you are near the town, close to the town, and you can hear the call to prayer, or it is possible for you to hear the call to prayer, then you must pray the Friday prayer with the people. However, if you are not travelers and are far from the place of the Friday prayer, then you pray it as the midday prayer. It is not permissible for you to pray the Friday prayer, because the Friday prayer is only established in cities and villages, not in deserts, not in the countryside, and not on journeys. Therefore, it is obligatory for you, if you are near, to pray the Friday prayer with the people. And if you are far, then if you are travelers... in the ruling of travelers, you pray the midday prayer shortened. This is the best. And if you are near, not travelers, but you cannot attend the Friday prayer due to your distance, then you pray it as the midday prayer, four units.
This is the obligatory duty, and this is what the scholars have established, and Allah knows best. Yes.
The presenter: Meaning: those who go out for recreation on Friday?
The Shaykh: If they are far away, meaning: like seventy or eighty kilometers from the town, they pray the midday prayer shortened because they are travelers. And if they are near, in the outskirts of the city, thirty kilometers, twenty kilometers, twenty-five kilometers, approximately forty kilometers, these people pray the midday prayer, four units, and do not pray the Friday prayer. But if they are near and can hear the call at the edge of the town, it is obligatory for them to pray the Friday prayer with the people.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
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