How Does One Perform the Jumu’a Prayer?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
How do I pray the Jumua prayer? For example, is it the same as other congregational prayers?
Are there sunna prayers that need to be prayed before and after Jumua for Jumua to be accepted, and if so, how many rakats? Do I still need to pray Dhuhr, or does Jumu’a prayer count as Dhuhr?
Do I need to take a different route home from the one I took to the masjid?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
The Friday prayer itself is two rakats, and the complete Friday prayers are 14 rakats.
It is in place of Dhur, and one does not perform the Dhur prayer after. One does not have to take a different route there and back, like the Eid prayer. See the detailed links below.
Allah Most High said, “O believers! When the call to prayer is made on Friday, then proceed diligently to the remembrance of Allah and leave off your business. That is best for you if only you knew.” [Quran, 62:9]
The Method of Offering Friday Prayer
After the first adhan of Friday and before the second adhan, four rakat of sunna prayer should be offered. This sunna is confirmed sunna (sunna mu’akkada). After the khutba, two rakats fard Friday prayer should be offered with the imam. After that, four rakats sunna should be offered. These are also confirmed sunna (sunna mu’akkada). After that, another two rakats should be offered. Some ulama says these two rakats are also confirmed sunna (sunna mu’akkada).
I would like you to go through the valuable answers and links below. You will receive guidance and direction in sha Allah.
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[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied within UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan and Turkey.
He started his early education in UK. He went onto complete hifz of Qur’an in India, then enrolled into an Islamic seminary in UK where he studied the secular and Alimiyyah sciences. He then travelled to Karachi, Pakistan.
He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for a number of years. He has taught hifz of the Qur’an, Tajwid, Fiqh and many other Islamic sciences to both children and adults onsite and online extensively in UK and Ireland. He was teaching at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences.
He currently resides in UK with his wife. His personal interest is love of books and gardening.
