Friday

What Is the Correct Opinion Regarding Women Attending Jumuʿah Prayer? By Sh. Ibn ʿUthaymīn رَحِمَهُ اللهُ

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Sh. Ibn ʿUthaymīn رَحِمَهُ اللهُ said:

“The weightier view is that it is not prescribed as a sunnah for her to attend the Jumuʿah prayer, nor any other prayer except for the ʿĪd prayer, for the Prophet ﷺ commanded women to go out for the ʿĪd prayer. Anything other than that is permitted (مُبَاح) but it is not something desirable.

It is obligatory upon the woman, if she goes out for ʿĪd prayer or other prayers, or for a need in the market, that she goes out without displaying beauty and unperfumed, and that she walks modestly.”

Source: Majmūʿ Fatāwá wa Rasāʾil Faḍīlat al-Shaykh Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn, 16: 35, no. 1192.

Is It Obligatory to Attend the Khuṭbah (Sermon) If It is In a Language Other than Arabic? By Sh. Ibn ʿUthaymīn رَحِمَهُ اللهُ  

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Sh. Ibn ʿUthaymīn رَحِمَهُ اللهُ  said:

“The apparent (meaning) of His تَعَالَىٰ statement:

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا نُودِىَ لِلصَّلَوٰةِ مِن يَوْمِ ٱلْجُمُعَةِ فَٱسْعَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَذَرُوا۟ ٱلْبَيْعَ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٩

[الجمعة (٦٢): ٩]

{O you who have believed, when the call (to prayer) is made on Friday, proceed to the remembrance of Allāh and leave off your trading. That is better for you, if you only knew} [al-Jumuʿah (62): 9] is that it is obligatory to attend even if the khaṭīb (one delivering the khuṭbah) speaks in other than Arabic and the attendee does not comprehend it.

This is why we say to the deaf, attend the khuṭbah even if you cannot hear. We also say to the attendee, do not speak while the Imām is delivering the sermon, due to the generality of the prohibition on speaking while the Imām is delivering the sermon, (this is the case) even if the attendee is deaf, or does not understand the language of the khaṭīb.”

Source: Majmūʿ Fatāwá wa Rasāʾil Faḍīlat al-Shaykh Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn, 16: 35, no. 1191.