Friday Prayer
O you who
believe! when the call is made for prayer on Friday,
then hasten to the remembrance of Allah and
leave
off
trading; that is better for you, if you know. And when the Prayer is
finished, then may ye disperse through the land,
and seek of the Bounty of Allah: and celebrate
the Praises of Allah often (and without stint): that ye may
prosper
AL-JUMUA
( CONGREGATION, FRIDAY
Hujjatul Islam wal Muslmeen Syed Mudassir shah Moosvi the authorized Imam jumua by Marjul Azam
Molana Mudassir is the First Alim
who Established
Salat ul Jumuais in Bay
Area Since 1990
from last 14 years he is
providing the services for the the Bay Area
Community.
Click for BIOGRAPHY.MOLANA.MUDASSIR
Friday
prayers Consists, of 2 Rak'ats like Fajr prayers. The
difference between
these two prayers is that Namaz-e-Jumuah
has two sermons before it. Namaz-e-Jumuah
is Wajib Takhyiri, which
means that we have an option to offer Jumuah prayers,
if its
necessary conditions are fulfilled, or to offer Zuhr
prayers. Hence, if Namaz-e-Jumuah
is offered then it is not necessary to offer Zuhr
prayer.
The
following conditions must be fulfilled for Jumuah
prayers to become obligatory
The time for Jumuah prayers should have set in. And that means that the
have begun to decline. The time for Namaz-e-Jumuah
is the earliest part of Zuhr.
If it is very much
delayed, then Namaz-e-Jumuah time will be over, and
Zuhr Namaz
will have to be prayed.
The number of persons
joining Namaz-e-Jumuah should be at least five,
including the Imam.
If there are less than five
people, Namaz-e-Jumuah would not become obligatory.
The Imam should fulfil the necessary conditions for leading the prayers.
These conditions include
righteousness ('Adalat) and other
qualities which are required of an Imam and which will
be mentioned in connection with the congregational
prayers. In absence of an Imam
qualifying to lead, Namaz-e-Jumuah
will not be obligatory.
The
following conditions should be fulfilled for the Namaz-e-Jumuah
to be correct:
The prayers should be
offered in congregation. Hence, Namaz-e-Jumuah cannot
be
prayed
alone. If a person joins Namaz-e-Jumuah before the Ruku of the second Rak'at
his prayers will be valid and he will have to add
another Rak'at to complete it. But, if he
joins the Imam in the Ruku of
the second Rak'at then the prayers may not suffice,
and as a
measure of precaution Zuhr Namaz
should be prayed.
Two sermons should be
delivered before the prayers. In the first sermon the
preacher should praise Allah and exhort the people to observe
piety, and then he
should also recite a short chapter (Surah) from the holy
Qur'an. Thereafter he
should sit down for a while and then stand up again. This
time also he should praise
Allah and invoke peace and
blessings upon the holy Prophet and the holy Imams
and, as a recommended precaution, seek forgiveness for
the believers. It is
necessary that the two sermons should precede the Namaz.
It will not be correct to offer the prayers before the two sermons.
And, it is not permissible
to deliver the sermons before Zuhr time has set in.
It is also necessary that
the preacher should be standing while delivering the sermons.
Hence, if he delivers sermons
while sitting, it will not be in order. It is also necessary and
obligatory that there should be a break between the two sermons
by way of sitting down
during the interval for a while. It is also necessary that
the preacher who delivers the sermons
should also lead the prayers.
Taharat may not be a condition for delivering the
sermons, but as a precaution,
it should be maintained. As far as the glory of Allah,
invocation of prayers and mercy upon
the Prophet and the Imams are concerned, it must be
rendered in Arabic, but the rest of it need
not be in Arabic. In fact, if the majority in the
audience are non-Arabs, then as an obligatory precaution,
words of admonition and exhorting people to be pious and
virtuous should be delivered in their language.
The distance between the two
places where Namaze-Jumuah are offered should not be
less than one
Farsakh (3 miles). Hence if the
distance between the two places is lesser and both the
prayers
commence at one and the same time both will be void. And if
one of those prayers precedes the
other (even to the extent of Takbiratul-ehram
i.e. the first Takbir) the one which precedes will be
in
order and the other will be void. If, it transpires after
the Namaz-e-Jumuah is over that another
Namaz-e-Jumuah had commenced earlier or simultaneously at a
distance of less than farsakh,
it will not be obligatory to offer Zuhr prayers.
It is immaterial whether
this information is received within the time or later. Moreover, a
Namaz-e-Jumuah can stop another from being held within the
stipulated distance only if it is
itself valid, comprising of all conditions, otherwise it
cannot have any prohibitive effect.
When Namaz-e-Jumuah, with all its requirements is held, it will
be obligatory to attend it
if one who established it is Imam (A.S.) or his
representative. But in a situation other than this,
joining or attending it is not obligatory.
When attending is
obligatory, the following points must be considered:
The person joining should be
man. Presence in Jumuah prayers is not obligatory for
women.
Freedom. Hence it is not obligatory for a slave to be present
in Jumuah prayers.
Not being a traveller. Hence Jumuah prayers
is not obligatory for a traveller, regardless
of whether the traveller
prays Qasr or full prayers, as he would do if he
intends staying for 10 days or
more.Being free
from ailment and blindness. Hence it is not obligatory for a sick or a blind
man to offer
Jumuah prayers.Not being old. Hence Jumuah prayers is not obligatory for old men.
That the distance between
the place a person is and where Jumuah prayers is
going to be held
should not be more than 2 farsakh
(11 Km) and it would be obligatory for a person who is at the
end of 2 farsakh to join the Namaz. And similarly, participation in Jumuah
prayers will not be
obligatory for a person who finds it extremely difficult,
because of rains, severe cold and so on.
A few rules concerning
Jumuah prayers:
It is permissible for a
person, who is exempted from Jumuah prayers, and for
whom presence in
Jumuah prayers is not obligatory, to hasten for Zuhr
prayers in the early part of its time.
It is Makrooh to talk while
Imam delivers the sermon. And if the noise created by talking
revents others from
listening to the sermon, then it is haraam,
regardless of whether the
attendance is the minimum required or more.
As an obligatory precaution,
it is wajib to listen to both the sermons. However, listening to the
sermons is not obligatory upon those, who do not understand
their meanings.
The second Adhan on Friday
is an innovation. And it is the same Adhan which is usually called the
third
Adhan.It is not obligatory for a person wishing to
join Jumuah Namaz to be
present while Imam
is delivering the sermon.
Conducting purchase and sale
at the time when people are called to Jumuah prayers
is haraam,
if
it hinders the prayers, and not if it does not hinder. And inspite
of it being haraam, the
transaction
done would not be void. When it was obligatory for a person to be present in
Jumuah prayers and he abandoned it, and offered Zuhr
prayers, his prayers would be in order