QUESTION: Is it permissible for a woman to read Jumu'ah Salah with Jama'ah? If not, please explain why it would not be permissible? ANSWER: Below we have reproduced a previous Fatwa in regards to females following the Imaam in Jumuah. Salaatul Jumuah is not Waajib...
QUESTION: The distance from the Eid Gah to the closest Masjid is 700m by road. On Eid day, Fajr Jamaat is performed at the Eid Gah grounds. Is it permissible to perform Fajr Jamaat at the grounds when the Masjid is close by? ANSWER: As far as possible, Fardh Salaah...
QUESTION: Is it permissible to perform Jumu'ah Salaah on a school premises during school hours, considering that generally access to the school is limited during school hours, and the general public are not allowed in school? ANSWER: If the school is located in such a...
QUESTION: A Masjid has been established on a small holding/farm area. There is a school and a few convenient stores/general dealers nearby (less than 1km). There are a few Muslim families living in the area, however for Jumuah, more than 40 Baaligh males attend. The...
Question:- I see people walking into the Musjid on the day of Jumuah after the talk whilst the Khutba is on the verge of ending. They quickly make Wudhu, come into the Masjid and join the Salaah. This is now becoming the norm. I therefore think that the Maulana...
QUESTION: Please clarify the validity of hosting two Jamaats for Jumuah Salaah in the same Masjid, based on accommodating those who miss the first congregation due to traffic congestion etc.? ANSWER: The Fuqaha have written that it is Makrooh to have a second Jamaat...
QUESTION: A few students from school get together on a Friday at 4.00pm to perform Jumuah in the Masjid (making it a second Jumuah in the Masjid). If the first Asr time (Shafi'ee) is before 4.00pm, is it still fine for us to read the Jumuah after that time, before the...
QUESTION: In the time of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, there was only one Adhaan for Jumuah, followed by the Khutbah. Were the Sunnats performed before the Adhaan, or were the Sunnats performed after the Adhaan before the Khutbah? ANSWER: The Mubarak Hadith...
