In the name of Allah, Most Kind Most
Merciful
All praise is for Allah, peace and blessings be upon Muhammed (saalahu
alayhi wa sallam)to proceed :
My question is this :
We hold jummah (Friday) prayer at university. A group of brothers came
late and they missed the prayer. They decided to pray Dhur as the jummah prayer has been
done. The question was do they dhur together in Jammah (congregation) or do they pray Dhur
individually. Please advise me with proofs.
Jazakallah Khair
Wasalam
Praise be to Allaah.
You should urge the brothers around you to attend Salaat
al-Jumu’ah (Friday prayers) at the right time, because Jumu’ah is of great
importance. The Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Let
people stop neglecting to attend Jumu’ah, or else Allaah will seal their hearts, then
they will be among the heedless.” (Reported by Muslim, 1432)
He
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) also
said: “Whoever neglects Salaat al-Jumu’ah three times with no good reason,
Allaah will put a seal on his heart.” (Reported by al-Tirmidhi, 460; he said:
this is a hasan hadeeth).
As for the people who missed Jumu’ah, they should
pray Zuhr, and there is nothing wrong with praying it in jamaa’ah (congregation). And
Allaah knows best.
