FatwaFederal TerritoriesPrayer (Salah)
AL-KAFI #470: SOLAT JUMAAT BAGI PEKERJA PELANTAR MINYAK
Must offshore oil rig workers who stay for long periods and cannot form a group of 40 perform Friday prayer?
Short answer
Friday prayer is not obligatory for oil rig workers on long assignments because the conditions for a valid Friday prayer are not met.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Prayer (Salah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Friday prayer is not obligatory for oil rig workers on long assignments because the conditions for a valid Friday prayer are not met. An oil rig is not a town or village where residents gather, and its workers are not considered settled residents, so they do not count toward the required 40 under the Shafi'i school. They must perform the Zuhr prayer in place of Friday prayer.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Berdasarkan kenyataan di atas, kami menyatakan bahawa bagi mereka yang bekerja di pelantar minyak dalam tempoh yang lama, maka gugur hukum untuk mereka melakukan solat Jumaat kerana tidak memenuhi syarat sah solat Jumaat.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “AL-KAFI #470: SOLAT JUMAAT BAGI PEKERJA PELANTAR MINYAK”, 24 November 2016. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/1430-al-kafi-470-solat-jumaat-bagi-pekerja-pelantar-minyak. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/friday-prayer-oil-rig-workers/