JUMU'AH&EID

Rules Related to Jumu'ah Salaat

1. It is preferable that the person who delivers the khutbah also performs the salaat. However, it is permissible for someone else to perform the salaat.

2. It is sunnah to call out the iqaamah and commence with the salaat immediately after the completion of the khutbah. It is makruh-e-tahrimi to engage in any worldly activity between the khutbah and the salaat. If there is a very lengthy gap between the khutbah and the salaat, it will be necessary to repeat the khutbah. However, if the delay is caused because of a Deeni reason, e.g. to show someone a mas'ala , or the wudu of the imam broke and he went to make wudu , or after delivering the khutbah he realized that he had to have a bath, so he went to have a bath - in all these cases it will not be makruh nor will it be necessary to repeat the khutbah.

3. Jumu'ah salaat should be offered with the following intention: "I intend offering two rakaats fard of jumu'ah salaat."

4. It is preferable for all the people to get together and offer jumu'ah salaat in one musjid. However, it is permissible for the people of one place to offer their jumu'ah salaat in several musjids.

5. If a person joins the salaat in the last qa'dah at the time of reciting the at-tahiyyaat or after sajdah-e-sahw , his joining the jama'at will be correct and he will have to complete his jumu'ah salaat. He will not have to offer zuhr salaat .

6. Some people offer zuhr salaat after the jumu'ah salaat as a precaution. Since the belief of the masses has become corrupted in this regard, they should be strictly stopped from this. However, if a knowledgeable person wishes to offer the zuhr salaat due to some doubt, he should do so without letting anyone come to know of it.