5] Is it permissible for him to complete the purchase when he can hear the call to prayer?

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Sometimes when I'm in the market place and I amin a store and have
chosen something and amat the checkout, the call toprayer is given. Is
it permissible for me to complete the purchase or is that haraam?
Also, sometimes we are inthe 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. Does this 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 (interpretation of 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
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" 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 of purification 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 onhim) said:
Buying and selling after the second call to Jumu'ahis haraam and also
invalid. Based on that, thetransaction is invalid, so itis 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 to buy 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 does not distract one from praying in congregation and causeone to
miss it.
Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): "Men whom neither trade
nor sale (business) diverts from the remembrance of Allaah (with heart
and tongue) 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 is
nothing haraam in that, but it should not distract them and make them
give precedence to that and prefer it over the remembrance of Allah,
establishing prayer and giving zakaah; rather theyshould make
obedience toAllah 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
tobuy and sell during the adhaan or after it? What about on Fridays?
He replied:
Allah says (interpretation of 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
peopleshould focus on Jumu'ah prayer and hasten to prayJumu'ah, and
not let anything else distract 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 to prayer, 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 nothing wrong 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.
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