Fridayprayer is a duty on all male Muslims. Those who are free, sane, attained puberty, not travelling, have no excuse to miss it. It is performed at the time of Zuhr prayer and it is invalid without a sermon (speech). 'Allah's messenger used to give the khutbah standing up, then he sat down, then stood up and continued the khutbah. If
Indeed Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allah to grant him] peace. (Quran 33: 56) The Muslim scholar, Sheikh Al-Sa'di says: "And in this there is an indication of the Prophet's completeness, high rank, elevated status with
ImamAbu Shaamah discussed these two issues: that there is no regular Sunnah prayer before Jumu'ah and that it is prescribed to offer voluntary prayers before Jumu'ah prayer until the imam comes out. People usually pray between the two adhaans on Friday, offering naafil prayers of two or four rak'ahs, and so on, until the imam comes out.
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