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AL-KAFI #1279: HUKUM SOLAT SUNAT SEBELUM JUMAAT
Is there a voluntary prayer before the obligatory Friday prayer?
Short answer
Scholars differ on whether the prayer before Friday counts as a regular sunnah (rawatib) prayer.
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
Scholars differ on whether the prayer before Friday counts as a regular sunnah (rawatib) prayer. The Shafi'i (the al-azhar view) and Hanafi schools hold that it exists like the sunnah before Zuhr, while the Maliki and Hanbali schools do not treat it as a specific rawatib prayer, only as a recommended voluntary one. This fatwa prefers the view that the prayer before Friday is a rawatib sunnah practised on Fridays, citing the hadith of Sulayk al-Ghatafani.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Berdasarkan nas dan hujah di atas, kami tarjihkan bahawa solat sunat sebelum jumaat adalah salah satu daripada sunat rawatib dan ianya wujud di dalam amalan sunat di hari 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 #1279: HUKUM SOLAT SUNAT SEBELUM JUMAAT”, 6 June 2019. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/3464-al-kafi-1279-hukum-solat-sunat-sebelum-jumaat. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/is-there-sunnah-prayer-before-friday-prayer/