Ruling on doing Zuhr prayer after Jumuah
It is a well established fact in Islam (such that no Muslim has any excuse for
not knowing), and the shariah evidence indicates, that Allaah has not
prescribed any prayer at noon time on Fridays except one obligatory prayer for
men who are residents and are settled (i.e., not traveling), free and
accountable, which is Jumuah prayer.
If the Muslims do that, then there is no other obligation upon them, be it Zuhr
or any other prayer. Jumuah prayer is the obligation of that time.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), his companions (may
Allaah be pleased with them), and the righteous salaf who came after them, did
not pray any other obligatory prayer after Jumuah. The action to which you
refer was introduced many centuries later, and undoubtedly it is one of the
newly-invented innovations of which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) said: Beware of newly-invented matters, for every newly-invented
matter is an innovation, and every innovation is a going astray. (Narrated by
Abu Dawood, 3991)
And he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: Whoever innovates
something in this matter of ours [Islam] that is not part of it will have it
rejected. (Narrated by al-Bukhaari and Muslim).
Undoubtedly praying Zuhr after Jumuah is something innovated which is not a
part of the matter of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him),
so it is to be rejected and is to be included in the innovations and
misguidance against which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) warned us.
If someone were to say, We only do that in order to be on the safe side, lest
our Jumuah prayer was not valid, our answer is that he should be told that the
basic principle is that the Jumuah prayer is valid and is sound and that it is
not obligatory to pray Zuhr, indeed it is not permissible to do so at the time
of Jumuah for those for whom Jumuah is obligatory. Being on the safe side is
prescribed in cases where the way of the Sunnah is not clear, and there is some
doubt and uncertainty. But in a case such as this it is not the matter of
doubt; rather we know from the evidence that what is obligatory is Jumuah
prayer only, so it is not permissible to do something else instead or in
addition to it on the grounds that this is an action with the intention of
being on the safe side, or to institute a new way which Allaah has not
prescribed.
Praying Zuhr at this time is contrary to the shari evidence which is well
established and no Muslim has any excuse for not knowing, so we must not do
this and we must beware of it. There are no grounds for doing this, rather it
comes from the waswaas (insinuating whispers) of the Shaytaan which he whispers
to people so as to prevent them from following true guidance and institutes for
them a religion which Allaah has not allowed.
This is similar to the way in which he makes the idea of being on the safe
side when doing wudoo attractive to them, until he makes wudoo a torment for
them, and it takes all their time; whenever they have almost finished, he
whispers to them that they have not done it properly or they have not done
such and such. He does the same thing to some of them in the prayer; when a
person says takbeer for the prayer, he whispers to him that he did not say the
takbeer, and he keeps whispering to him that he did not say takbeer, and the
person keeps on saying takbeer after takbeer, until the first rakah is over, or
until the recitation or most of it is over. This is one of the traps and snares
of the Shaytaan, who is keen to annul the good deeds of the Muslim and make him
confused about his religion. We ask Allaah to keep us and all the Muslims safe
and sound from his traps, snares and insinuating whispers, for He is the
All-Hearing, Ever-Near.
Conclusion:
Praying Zuhr after Jumuah is a bidah and a going astray, instituting a new way
which Allaah has not prescribed. We must not do this; we must beware of it and
warn people against it, and limit ourselves to doing Jumuah prayer only, as was
the way of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him),
his companions after him and those who have followed them in truth until the
present day.
This is the truth concerning which there is no doubt. Imaam Maalik ibn Anas
(may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The later generations of this ummah will
not be reformed by anything except that by which the first generation was
reformed.
This was also the view of other imaams after him.
And Allaah is the source of strength. http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/22266
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