Friday prayers
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa
Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
one
of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
I want to ask about married.
Is that that dawoodibohrapeople can't marry from other muslim people except the
people from the dawodiibohra people. Because in Indonesia the dawodiibohra
people never accept other muslim. And i want to ask about, why don't bohra
people have friday prayer?
Thank you from Rizuana
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Answer:
Friday prayers
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help
and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and
whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness
that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Maidah verse 5:All the good and pure things have today been made lawful for
you. The food of the People of the
Book is lawful for you, and your food
for them. Likewise, you
are permitted to marry chaste believing women, or chaste women from among the People who
were given the Scriptures before you,
provided that you give them their ‘mehr’ and become their protectors in
wedlock….
Allah clearly says in the Holy Quran that a believer is
permitted to marry any chaste believing women. If a people of one particular
sect refuse to marry with the believers only because they do not belong to
their sect, and only want to marry
among their own sect; it is obviously
their choice and nothing to do with Islam and its guidance. Islam absolutely does not permit the
breaking of the Muslim Ummah into sects, thus segregating oneself from the
mainstream Islamic community. Whoever
does so, will be severely accountable in the Court of Allah.
Your Question: Why don't
bohra people have friday prayer?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 62 Surah
Jumuah verse 9:O you who have believed!
When the call is made to the Prayer on Friday, hasten to the remembrance
of Allah and leave off your trading.
This is better for you, only if you know.
The Messenger of Allah (saws) after his Hijrah to Medina,
always gave the ‘khutba’ or sermon and led the believers in the Jumua prayers
every Friday. The believers have
followed this command of Allah and His Messenger (saws) until this very day,
and will follow it until the end of time, Insha Allah. If some particular sect does not perform
Jumuah prayers as commanded by Allah and practiced by the Prophet (saws), then
obviously they are not following the commands of Allah and His Messenger
(saws).
We really do not know the exact reason, why the Bohras do
not perform Jumuah prayers. Almost all
the other sects and schools of thoughts in Islam are absolutely unanimous about
the Jumuah prayers, as is clearly
evident from the above aayah of the Holy Quran and the Sunnah of the Messenger
of Allah (saws). Thus whatever other
reason for Bohras not praying the Jumuah prayers be, it is certain that the
Bohras are disobeying the clear command of Allah and His Messenger (saws), by not praying the prescribed Jumuah
prayers.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan