The electricity cut out during Jumu’ah prayer and they were not able to continue following the imam

* Friday Prayers - - - We were praying Jumu'ah, and our mosque is on
several levels. During the first rak'ah the electricity cut out and
the worshipperswho were praying on the second and third levels were
not able to continue following the imam, so they prayed Zuhr. Is what
they did correct?.
Praise be to Allaah.
If that happened before rukoo' (bowing) in the first rak'ah, then what
they did was correct. Butif that happened after bowing with the imam
then they should have completed it as Jumu'ah,with two rak'ahs.
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn Baaz Aal al-Shaykh was asked about a similar
situation and he said: Whoever catches up with one rak'ah of Jumu'ah
then is faced with a problem such as the electricity cutting out and
the like, should complete it as Jumu'ah on his own, i.e., he should
pray the second rak'ah then say the salaam, because in al-Saheehayn it
is narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that
the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said: "Whoever catches up with one rak'ah of the prayer has caught
upwith the prayer." One catches up with the rak'ah by catching up with
the rukoo' (bowing). The one who does not catch up with rukoo' with
the imam has not caught up with the rak'ah. Based on this, if the
people mentioned in the question did not catch up with anything but
the opening takbeer with the imam, then they should have prayedit as
Zuhr.

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