There is a town where there are nearly thirty-fivemosques in which
Jumu'ahprayers are held. When the worshippers finish Jumu'ah, they
pray Zuhr afterwards. Is this action permitted or not?
Praise be to Allaah.
It is a well established factin Islam (such that no Muslim has any
excuse for not knowing), and the shar'i evidence indicates, that
Allaah has not prescribed any prayer at noon time on Fridays except
one obligatory prayer for men who are residents and are settled (i.e.,
not traveling), free and accountable, which is Jumu'ah prayer. If the
Muslims do that, then there is no other obligation upon them, be it
Zuhr or any other prayer. Jumu'ah prayer is the obligation of that
time. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), his
companions (may Allaah be pleased with them), and the righteous salaf
who came after them, did not pray any other obligatory prayer after
Jumu'ah. The action to which you refer was introduced many
centurieslater, and undoubtedly it is one of the newly-invented
innovations of which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: "Beware of newly-invented matters, for every
newly-invented matter is an innovation, and every innovation is a
going astray." (Narrated by Abu Dawood, 3991)
And he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever
innovates something in this matter of ours [Islam] that is not part of
it will have it rejected." (Narrated by al-Bukhaari and Muslim).
Undoubtedly praying Zuhr after Jumu'ahis something innovated which is
not a part of the matter of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him), so it is to be rejected and is to be included in the
innovations and misguidance against which the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) warned us. The scholars have drawn
attention to that, including Shaykh Jamaal al-Deen al-Qaasimi, in his
book Islaah al-Masaajid min al-Bida' wa'l-'Awaa'id and Shaykh Muhammad
Ahmad 'Abd al-Salaam in his book al-Sunan wa'l-Mubtada'aat.
If someone were to say, "We only do that in order to be on the safe
side, lest our Jumu'ah prayer was not valid," our answer is that he
should be told thatthe basic principle is that the Jumu'ah prayer is
validand is sound and that it is not obligatory to pray Zuhr, indeed
it is not permissible to do so at thetime of Jumu'ah for those for
whom Jumu'ah is obligatory. Being on the safe side is prescribed in
cases where the way of the Sunnah is not clear, and there is some
doubt and uncertainty. But in a case such as this it is not the matter
of doubt; rather we know from the evidence that what is obligatory is
Jumu'ah prayer only, so it is not permissible to do something else
instead or in addition to it on the grounds that this is an action
with the intention of being on the safe side, or to institute a new
way which Allaah has not prescribed. Praying Zuhr atthis time is
contrary to theshar'i evidence which is well established and no Muslim
has any excuse for not knowing, so we must not do this and we must
beware of it. There are no grounds for doing this, rather it comes
from the waswaas (insinuating whispers) of the Shaytaan which he
whispers to people so as to prevent them from following true guidance
and institutes forthem a religion which Allaah has not allowed. This
is similar to the way in which he makes the idea of "being on the safe
side" when doing wudoo' attractive to them, until hemakes wudoo' a
torment for them, and it takes all their time; whenever they have
almost finished, he whispers to them that they have not done it
properly or they have not done such and such. He does the same thing
to some of them in the prayer; when a person says takbeer for the
prayer, he whispers to himthat he did not say the takbeer, and he
keeps whispering to him that he did not say takbeer, and the person
keeps on saying takbeer after takbeer, until the first rak'ah is over,
or until the recitation or most of it is over. This is one of the
traps and snares of the Shaytaan, who is keen to annul the good deeds
of the Muslim and make him confused about his religion. We ask Allaah
to keep us and all the Muslims safe and sound from his traps, snares
and insinuating whispers, for He is the All-Hearing, Ever-Near.
Conclusion:
Praying Zuhr after Jumu'ahis a bid'ah and a going astray, instituting
a new way which Allaah has not prescribed. We must not do this; we
must beware of it and warn people against it, and limit ourselves to
doing Jumu'ah prayer only, as was the way of the Messenger of Allaah
(peaceand blessings of Allaah be upon him), his companions after him
and those who have followed them in truth until the present day. This
is the truth concerning which there is no doubt. Imaam Maalik ibn Anas
(may Allaah have mercy on him)said:
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