Friday Prayers - - Dought & Clear - - Is it permissible for him to complete the purchase when he can hear the call to prayer?

Dought & Clear - - Friday Prayers - - Sometimes when I'm in the
market place and I am in a store and have chosen something and am at
the checkout, the call to prayer is given. Is it permissible for me to
complete the purchase or is that haraam?
Also, sometimes we are in the car and the muezzin has already given
the call to prayer, and we stop at the grocery and my brother asks the
shopkeeper to sell him something. Doesthis also come under the
prohibition?.
Praise be to Allaah.
If that is the adhaan for Jumu'ah prayer that comes after the khateeb
has ascended the minbar, then it is haraam to buy and sell at that
time, because Allah says (interpretationof the meaning): "O you who
believe (Muslims)! When the call is proclaimed for the Salaah (prayer)
on Friday (Jumu'ah prayer), come to the remembrance of Allaah [Jumu'ah
religious talk (Khutbah) and Salaah (prayer)] and leave off business
(and every other thing). That is better for you if you did but know!"
[al-Jumu'ah 62:9].
The words "O you who believe (Muslims)! When the call is proclaimed
forthe Salaah (prayer) on Friday (Jumu'ah prayer), come to the
remembrance of Allaah [Jumu'ah religious talk (Khutbah) and Salaah
(prayer)] and leave off business" mean: stop dealing with trade and
come and listen to the khutbah and perform Jumu'ah prayer in the
mosque with the imam. This means that it is haraam to buy and sell
after the second adhaan which comes when the khateeb sits on the
minbar, until the prayer ends, unless there is a case of necessity
which calls for buying or selling, such as buying water for the
purpose ofpurification or a garment to cover one's 'awrah for prayer.
End quote.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah, 13/101-102
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Buying and selling after the second call to Jumu'ah is haraam and also
invalid. Based on that, the transaction is invalid, so it is not
permissible for the purchaser to dispose of what he has bought,
because he has not taken possession of it, and it is not permissible
for the seller to dispose of the money paid, because he has not taken
possession of it. This is a serious matter, because some people may
buy or sell after the second call to Jumu'ah, then take things on the
assumption that they now belong to them. End quote.
Al-Sharh al-Mumti', 8/52.
So it is not permissible tobuy or sell after the second adhaan for
Jumu'ah, because what is required is to hasten to the mosque in order
to hear the khutbah and pray, and buying and selling distracts from
that.
But if that happens with regard to all the other prayers (Fajr, Zuhr,
'Asr, Maghrib and 'Isha'), there is nothing wrong with it, so long as
it doesnot distract one from praying in congregation and cause one to
miss it.
Allah says (interpretationof the meaning): "Men whom neither trade nor
sale (business) diverts from the remembrance of Allaah (with heart
andtongue) nor from performing As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât) nor from
giving the Zakât. They fear a Day when hearts and eyes will be
overturned (out of the horror of the torment of the Day of
Resurrection)"[al-Noor 24:37].
Those are men who, even if they do business and sell and buy, there
isnothing haraam in that, but it should not distractthem and make them
give precedence to that and prefer it over the remembrance of Allah,
establishing prayer and giving zakaah; rather they should make
obedience to Allah and worship of Him their ultimate aim, so whatever
keeps them from that, they should reject it.
End quote from Tafseer al-Sa'di, p. 569
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: Is it haraam
to buy and sell during the adhaan or after it? What about on Fridays?
He replied:
Allah says (interpretationof the meaning): "O you who believe
(Muslims)! When the call is proclaimed for the Salaah (prayer) on
Friday (Jumu'ah prayer)..." [al-Jumu'ah 62:9], so it is not permissible
to buy and sell or to rent or do any other kind of transaction; rather
people should focus on Jumu'ah prayer and hasten to pray Jumu'ah, and
not let anything elsedistract them.
With regard to other prayers, they may or may not come under the same
rulings as Jumu'ah,but to be on the safe side, one should not do
anything after the call toprayer, after the adhaan for Zuhr, 'Asr or
Maghrib,because that may distract him from praying in congregation.So
it is better to avoid that, unless it is some minor matter that will
not distract him, so perhaps there is nothingwrong with it, because
Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, only spoke about the issue of
Jumu'ah, because it is very important and it is obligatory to attend
it, and one misses out by missing it. So it is a serious matter and is
a weekly obligation.
To sum up: Jumu'ah cannot be compared with other prayers, but if he
avoids such situations so that he will not be distracted from praying
in congregation,that is better.
Whatever the case, if his buying and selling may distract him from
performing prayer in congregation, then it is haraam, but in some
cases the prayer may be delayed, if the Imam is late, so a person may
buy or sell something onhis way, and it may not affect his attending
the prayer. But if he avoids that and adheres to what applies to
Jumu'ah,that will be more on the safe side, so it is like Jumu'ah with
regard to precautions. End quote.
From Fataawa Noor 'ala al-Darb
And Allah knows best.

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