as it gives the public the ‘option’

Akhi Mohammed, giving the people who prayed the Eid prayer the option of whether they want to pray Jumuah or not is the sunnah. When the Prophet peace be upon him prayed the Eid prayer on a Friday, he then gave people the option to come pray Jumuah or not. So there is nothing wrong if the people who prayed the Eid prayer chose not to show up for the Jumuah prayer.

I live in a neighborhood that does announce that those who prayed ‘Eid, don’t have to come for Jum’ah Prayer. Khayr, the Hanabilah hold that opinion, but, as community leaders I don’t think they should give that opinion, since most people who do come to Juma’ prayer, a good majority, don’t pray dhuhr pray, as can be seen during Dhuhr prayer in the masjid, and so they shouldn’t give this opinion, as it gives the public the ‘option’, which in the end makes them not pray Dhuhr at all.

If we follow the school of thought of Imam Abu Hanifa, then what should we do? You said that the third opinion is the strongest, but the first is the opinion of the madh-hab I follow and it is not wrong.

JazakAllaahu Khair

Can you please write more articles like these. I really enjoy them and the interesting views of the fiqh scenarios.

Even Imam Abul Hasan Noorideen as-Sindi al-hanafi on his commentary on the hadith of Ibn az-Zubair, as in Sunan an-Nasaa’iee said: “And the opinion of our Ulamaa’ -the Hanafi scholars- that attending Jumu’ah is still obligatory, and there is no doubt the ahadith in this chapter are proof evidence that attending Jumu’ah does not stay obligatory. Moreover, some of them even indicate that even dhuhr is no longer obligatory, as it is in the narrations about Ibn az-Zubair, and Allah the Most High knows best.” an-Nasaa’iee with the commentary of as-Suyooti and the footnotes from Imam as-Sindi, the Book of Eid Prayers, Ch. “The Concession for not attending Jumu’ah for one Who Attends Eid Salat”

And Allah knows best.

As-San’aani in Subul as-Salam added that there is no evidence that Ibn az-Zubair did not pray dhuhr at home either. And , one cannot conclude, from this narration only, that the opinion of Ibn az-Zubair is not to pray dhuhr at all.

2) This narration in particular is in Sunan Abi Dawood in the Book of Salat, ch. 217 If Eid falls on Friday, hadith # 1071. Imam an-Nawawi rahimahullah said about this hadith in al-Majmoou’ : “Reported by Abu Dawood, with a good chain (bi’isnaadin hasan) or -an-Nawawi is still judging- Sahih equivalent to the condition of Imam Muslim (sahihun ala sharti Muslim)”
sh. al-Albani rahimahullah considers it Sahih as well.

And Allah knows best.