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The Ruling On Abandoning Friday Prayer Due To Duty
THE 50TH MEETING OF THE PERLIS STATE FATWA COMMITTEE / 2020
14 DISEMBER 2020 / 28 RABIUL AKHIR 1442H
THE RULING ON ABANDONING FRIDAY PRAYER DUE TO DUTY
1. Friday prayer is obligatory to be performed by every mukallaf (person of legal responsibility) who fulfills the conditions of obligation for Friday prayer. Therefore, a mukallaf may not abandon Friday prayer without a legally valid excuse (uzur) permitted by Islamic law.
2. Included in the excuses for abandoning Friday prayer are critical duties such as security guards, healthcare workers, air and land traffic officers, military personnel, police, firefighters and rescuers, and the like who are compelled to be on duty during Friday prayer time and there is no other substitute who is not obligated to perform Friday prayer such as non-Muslims, women, or travelers.
3. A person who does not perform Friday prayer due to a valid excuse must replace it with Zuhr prayer.
4. A mukallaf must strive as much as possible to attend Friday prayer. If he is compelled to abandon Friday prayer due to a permissible excuse, he must endeavor to avoid consecutively missing it three times.
Approval of the Members of the Perlis State Fatwa Committee:
1. YBhg. S.S Prof Madya Dato' Arif Perkasa Dr Mohd Asri Bin Zainul Abidin – Mufti of the State of Perlis
2. Sahibul Fadhilah Dato' Kaya Bakti Dr. Mohd. Radzi bin Haji Othman
3. Sahibul Fadhilah Dato' Dr. Johari Bin Mat
4. Sahibul Fadhilah Profesor Dr. Basri bin Ibrahim
5. Sahibul Fadhilah Prof Madya Dr. Muhamad Rozaimi bin Ramle
6. Sahibul Fadhilah Dr. Hj Zaharuddin Bin Hj Abdul Rahman
7. Sahibul Fadhilah Prof. Madya Dr. Azman Bin Mohd Noor
8. Sahibul Fadhilah Prof Madya Dr. Mohd Akram Bin Dato' Dahaman @ Dahlan
9. Sahibul Fadhilah Dr. Kamilin Jamilin @ Ahmad Kamil Jamilin
10. Sahibul Fadhilah Dr Ahmad Sufian Bin Che Abdullah
11. Sahibul Fadhilah Prof Madya Dr Ahmad Wifaq Bin Mokhtar
12. Sahibul Fadhilah Ustaz Syed Abu Bakar Bin Syed Kamal Bharin
13. Ustaz Muhammad Khidhir Bin Abdul Ghani – Secretary
Endorsed at the Meeting of the Perlis Islamic Religious Council and Malay Customs (Majlis Agama Islam dan Adat Istiadat Melayu Perlis) Bil. 1/2021 on 26 January 2021.