 As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Welcome to Ahkam SOS, the show that discusses Islamic duties and practices by Zeminah and Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq Shirazi. I'm your host Mohsin Shah and joining me is Shaykh Ali Ma'as. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. How are you Shaykh? As-salamu alaikum. Shaykh, today we have a new discussion and we're going to discuss inshallah the Juma Salah inshallah. So, with Juma Salah we know that it is wajib in the presence of the Imam. However, the Imam is in occultation at the moment. Can we actually have this special prayer on Fridays? As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. At the time of the presence of the Imam at the time, the Imam Ma'asum, it becomes wajib on the time to attend and perform the Juma prayer. And with regard to the day and age that we live in at the current time, and because the Imam is in occultation and ghaibah, and due to his absence, this Salah becomes according to as-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. In other words, it becomes wajib, but with two options. Either you pray the Friday prayer, Salat al-Jumu'ah, or the Salat al-Duhr, the normal daily prayer that we pray every day, and Duhr time. So, the mu'min should choose the ones they want. Either they want to join the Jama'ah, the Friday prayer, they can pray behind the Imam, or they can actually just pray Salat al-Duhr and Asur as normal. They used to do so with Jama'ah or Farada. So that's the hukum for today, day and age, because we don't have Ma'asum, a.s., within us, who can lead the prayer and who becomes wajib for us to pray. In the situation, we are allowed, but the Sayyid says, as a mustahab precaution, which is not wajib, but it's better, it's mustahab, for the one who prays Salat al-Jumu'ah, the two rak'ah, Friday prayer, is to also pray Salat al-Duhr with it. Okay. That you pray Salat al-Jumu'ah, and then you add to it Salat al-Duhr again as a mustahab precaution. Masha'Allah. Sheikhna, is it okay for one to choose, one week I'm going to do Jumu'ah and prayer, one week I'm going to pray Duhr? Can we alternate? Or is it you make one Niyah and you must stick with that? As I've said, the Sayyid gave the choice for the mu'mineen as wajib takheeri, that this wajib is optional. Either you choose Salat al-Duhr or Salat al-Jumu'ah, and you can once pray the Jumu'ah, and once you don't go to the mosque and you pray at home, for example, Duhr and Asaf. That's fine, there's no issue with it. It's just that you have two options. And the best option that the Sayyid offers is that you pray both of them together. So you pray the Jumu'ah first, and then you pray, for example, Duhr afterwards, and so forth. Masha'Allah. Sheikhna, the actual prayer, the Jumu'ah prayer, is it different to the other prayers that we have? Salat al-Jumu'ah, initially it begins with the adhan. So the mu'addin does the adhan first, and then the Imam stands after the end of the adhan. He's not going to start straight away the eqamah and the prayer of the Jumu'ah. Initially he goes to the podium and he starts to give the sermons. There are two sermons in the Jumu'ah prayer. So initially he will be holding a staff on his right hand as a mu'addin of the Salat al-Jumu'ah. And then he begins the sermon, the first sermon. After the adhan, straight away, he starts the sermon, the first sermon. He begins the first sermon initially with the praising Allah SWT. And after praising Allah SWT, he begins his first sermon. So that sermon would be, for example, after saying, abadullah, attaqullah, uusikum bataqullah, uusik nafsih. So that's the beginning of it. And then he starts his own lecture, or the sermon, in the first sermon. And that would be topics about akhlaq, taqwa, God-fearing, and so forth. So that's the first khutba. And then when he finishes the first khutba and sermon, he goes and sits. Mustahab to sit for a few seconds or a minute, one or two minutes. And then he again stands up for the second sermon on khutba. In the second sermon, again he starts praising Allah SWT with a short praise. And then he begins the second sermon on khutba. And of course the second sermon would be about the current affairs. Political, economical, educational, social, and so forth. Whatever matters, the current affairs of the community, of the Muslim community and overall. And after the Imam finishes the second khutba, he starts to read invoking blessings on Muhammad SAW. And then the mu'minin would stand up by mentioning Imam al-Hujjajat al-Farajah al-Sharif. They stand up. And the Imam, after he finishes this invoking blessings on Salawat, he goes to the Sajjada, the prayer mat, and he starts to recite the Iqamah. When he starts to recite the Iqamah, then he starts the Salah of Juma'ah, the official Friday prayer. How is it done? Basically the Friday prayer is similar to Salat al-Subh to Rak'ah. But there are some additions to this Salah. In the Friday prayer, you read first, in the first Rak'ah, Hamd and Surah. And of course mustahab to read Surat al-Juma'ah on the Surah, after the Hamd. And then when you finish Surat al-Juma'ah, let's say, the Imam would raise his hands, both hands, for the Qunud. This is in the first Rak'ah. Before going to the Rak'ah. And here is the Qunud. In the first Rak'ah of Salat al-Juma'ah. Then he goes to Rak'ah, then Sajjud, and then he stands up for the second Rak'ah. In the second Rak'ah, he also reads Al-Hamd and any short Surah or long Surah. And then he goes after reading the Surah to Rak'u'ah. When he stands from the Rak'u'ah, he also raises his hands again and he does the Qunud again. So second Qunud. So in Salat al-Juma'ah, there are two Qunud in the first Rak'ah. One is before the Rak'u'ah, in the first Rak'ah, which is traditional for us in the second. And in the second Qunud is after the Rak'u'ah, in the second Rak'ah, before Sajjud. The Imam, he does the Qunud and of course the followers will do the same thing. And when he finishes the Qunud, because he already did the Rak'u'ah, after the Qunud, he goes straight toward the Sajjud and then Tashahud and Taslim, and he ends the Salah. So that's Salat al-Juma'ah, which is sufficient, according to Said Fatwa, to be instead of Salat al-Duhr. And of course, the Imam reads the Hamd and Surah in both Rak'ah, in Salat al-Juma'ah, the Friday prayer. He reads them aloud, audible, in this way. After Salat al-Juma'ah, the two Rak'ah, the Imam again, he stands up and he does the Ik'ama for Salat al-Asr. There's no more Duhr for it. He does the Salat al-Asr, which is normal Salat as we do in the Jama'ah. And the Salat is done, completed, and the followers and the Mamumin have completed the Salat al-Juma'ah with the two sermons. And of course, as I've said, with Said Fatwa, it's as a Mustahab precaution that you may pray Salat al-Juma'ah and then you pray Duhr Salat as well with it. So now you have three sets of Salat. Friday prayer, Duhr and Asr. But it's optional. It's a Mustahab. That's right. Sheikh, I've got a question in regards to reciting audible Salat. Can you recite Duhr Salat on a Friday audibly with a loud voice? To recite Salat al-Juma'ah of course, even if you pray Friday at home by yourself, individually, or Jama'ah. Only the exception in Salat al-Duhr of the day of the Jama'ah, only, that you're allowed to recite in Salat al-Duhr, Al-Hamd and Surah audible, in other words. Only exception in Salat al-Duhr, otherwise in Jama'ah. Otherwise in other days of Salat al-Duhr, like Saturday, Sunday and so forth, you're not allowed to raise your voice, you have to do it silently. Only the exception is in Salat al-Duhr of the day of Juma'ah. You're allowed to recite Hamd and Surah in both Raka'ah, first and second, loud and audible. Is it preferred or is it just acceptable? The say it says as Mustahab, caution, it should be audible. Mustahab means Astehbaah Ahtiyat. Mashallah, Mashallah. Sheikhna, in regards to the Duhr prayer, so I'm praying, I'm going to pray Juma'ah prayer and I'm going to pray Duhr. Which one should I read first? Should I read the Duhr prayer first after the Adhan and then listen to the khutbah and pray the Juma'ah prayer or shall listen to the khutbah, do the Juma'ah prayer and then recite Duhr. I mean, either way it's permissible and loud. So you can first, for example, let's say before the Imam comes or let's say there's Adhan was called, so you stand up as follower of the Imam if you want to pray do this Mustahab or precaution that Said mentions, you stand up you start of Duhr first and then the Imam starts the Friday prayer, so you join the Imam and the Juma'ah with the Friday prayer and then you pray with the Imam Salat al-Asr afterwards. So you've done first Duhr and then Friday prayer and then Salat al-Asr or you can choose to wait with the Imam pray Salat al-Fried prayer Juma'ah and then there's a gap break of Mustahabbat and Tasbihat you stand up quickly and you pray Salat al-Duhr and then also you join the Juma'ah again for Salat al-Asr so it's up to you before or after Friday there is no way you could do Duhr after Asr as in you do the Juma'ah prayer then you pray Asr and then you pray Duhr after now as we mentioned last seasons that the Duhr must be before Asr sequential that you must pray first Duhr and then you pray Asr there's no way you can switch between them and pray Asr first Sheikhna when I go to Juma'ah I see sometimes people coming in late sometimes people deliberately come for the prayer they don't really come for the khutbah the two khutbahs at the beginning of the prayer how important are they some even say it is as valuable as the prayer itself the say it mentions here that it is mandatory of course to attend for the khutbah and to listen to them as precaution as a hityat would you be that the one should listen to the both khutbah and sermons and of course they should not talk to each other if you have a friend or mobile phone you shouldn't talk to them and you make sure you pay attention to the khutbah itself because that's part of the Salah they pray it's important that we listen to these two khutbah and sermons because they are part of the Salah and also it's good because at the end of the day you get the advice of Taqwa God fearing hadith narrations holy verses remembering Allah SWT on that day the blessed day of Friday so it's good for the mu'min to listen to the khutbah the benefit is not just the Salah you just walk from the mosque so it's important that we listen we get the admonishment and advice and remember Allah SWT remember the day of judgment remember heaven paradise and remember that one day we will face Allah SWT there are a lot of benefits from actually going to the khutbah and Juma prayers there is a big sense of community when you go there you get to see a lot of your relatives you get to see the community you get a little catch up and sometimes there's tea and biscuits if you're lucky when it comes to organizing a Juma Salah do we need the permission of the Marajah and the Fukuha as in that it is acknowledged and it is just go and attend anyone no it doesn't it doesn't need any permission from the Marajah or the scholar you follow but what is important that you have to go back to the fatwa of your Marajah to see if he allows this Salah to be performed because in the past century some of the alama didn't allow it to be established the Friday prayer because of the absence of the Imam so that's why some of them would say no you're not allowed to perform the Salah in the absence of the Imam so it was something between Wajib and Haram you're not allowed to perform it because the Imam is not there so Alhamdulillah today's fatwa mainly is that you're allowed to choose from Zuhr or Friday prayer so if your Marja and Alam allows it that's fine it's your choice to pray Zuhr or to pray the Friday prayers Shaykh Nakim won't perform Jum'ah at home by himself and if he does so does he have to also pray the Zuhr prayer as well Salatul Jum'ah must be performed in the Jama'ah there are conditions for such Salatul Jum'ah to be performed unlike other Salat in which you can perform with the Jama'ah or individually at home Friday prayer is there that you pray with the Jama'ah there's Imam and there's enough distance between one mosque and the other mosques and so forth the conditions for establishing this Salah and must be with the Jama'ah that's part of it because who are you going to listen to if you do it yourself by yourself who are you going to listen to and to whom so it must be performed with the Jama'ah that's how it works Shaykh Nakim if we have all the criteria met for Jum'ah prayer does the Jum'ah prayer actually replace Zuhr prayer does it become obligatory if the one applies the criteria for the Salatul Jum'ah and he prays the Friday prayer according to this criteria in this case the Zuhr Salah would not be mandatory to pray as I've said you have the option to either to pray as the Sayyid says in this fatwa wajib takheeri, either to pray Zuhr or the Friday prayers so if you meet all the criteria and conditions of the Friday prayers you don't have to pray any more Zuhr the Sayyid says that it's better than to pray Zuhr as well when you pray Salatul Zuhr when you pray Salatul Jum'ah you pray also Salatul Zuhr as well either before or after the Friday prayers so let me get this right the Sayyid says that if you perform the Jum'ah Salah it lifts the obligatory condition of the Zuhr prayer but it's mustahab to actually pray the Zuhr as well thank you very much for the interesting discussion and thank you to all the viewers for joining us insha'Allah we'll have a new topic on the next episode of Haqqam SOS Salam alaykum wa rahmatullah