Attend jumua friday prayer.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
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Please
help me out to give this Answer........
We two guy doing job in a company in same field. Normally we go out for JUMA
saalat together. But sometimes when some urgent job come one of us cant go out
for client's urgent requirement. As a senior i can easily go for JUMA prayer
but i sent my Junior to pray JUMA. I really feel guilty as i cant go for JUMA
prayer. I said my boss in this regard. But he told when there was no urgency he
never stop both of us. So please tell me what i should do? If I go for JUMA my
colege cant go which is also a problem. Please tell me what i should do in this
regard.
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Answer:
Attend jumua friday
prayer
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 none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
To attend and observe the Friday mid-day prayers in
congregation is a direct Command of the Lord Who Created; and there is just no
room for an adult, sane, male believer to intentionally miss the offering of
ones Friday mid-day prayers in congregation in Shariah, unless one has an
absolutely genuine excuse.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 62 Surah
Jumua verses 9-10:
9 O ye who believe! When the call is proclaimed to prayer on
Friday (the Day of Assembly) hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah and
leave off business (and traffic): that is best for you if ye but knew!
10 And when the Prayer is finished then may ye disperse through the
land and seek of the Bounty of Allah: and celebrate the Praises of Allah often
(and without stint): that ye may prosper.
Your
Question: ..So please tell me what i should do? If I go for JUMA my colege
cant go which is also a problem. Please tell me what i should do in this
regard.
If the job or duty one is entrusted with involves an
emergency where a life or death could be effected by their absence.for example
a doctor, or fire services, or the police, or army on duty, etc..and one
cannot arrange or find another person to substitute their place for the
duration of the Jumuah prayer, there is a chance that their excuse for
reluctantly not being able to attend one of the Jumuah prayers might be
acceptable in the Presence of their Lord.
But if one has a duty or a job which is not an emergency
nor does it effect life or death.but is rather only commercially urgent.then
without an iota of a doubt, that would not be a valid excuse at all for a
believer to miss ones Jumuah prayer.
Ibn Mas'ud reports that the Prophet (saws)
noticed some people staying away from al-Jumu'ah (Friday midday sermon and
prayer)and said: "I had the notion to order someone to lead the people in
prayer, and then to go and burn the houses of those who stayed away from
al-Jumu'ah."
Related by Ahmad and Muslim.
Abu Hurairah and Ibn 'Umar report that they
heard the Prophet (saws) say: "Those who are not attending the Jumua Salah
should change their ways; otherwise, Allah, the Exalted, will seal their hearts
and they will be reckoned the heedless."
Related by Muslim, Ahmad and an-Nasa'i.
Abu al-Ja'd ad-Damari reports that the
Prophet (saws) said: "Whoever misses three Jumua prayers in a row out of
negligence will have a seal put over his heart by Allah."
Related by Bukhari and Muslim.
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and
commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any
other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be
assured of being led astray.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allahs Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister