What to Do If `Eid Coincides with Friday

Question: 7857

If `Eid Al-Fitr coincides with Friday, is it permissible for me to pray the `Eid prayer and not to pray Jumu`ah or vice versa?

Summary of answer

If the day of `Eid coincides with Friday, then whoever prays `Eid with the Imam does not have to attend Jumu`ah but he has to pray Dhuhr.

Answer

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

If the day of `Eid coincides with Friday, then whoever prays `Eid with the Imam does not have to attend Jumu`ah (it is not obligatory on him); in his case it becomes Sunnah. If he does not pray Jumu`ah, he has to pray Dhuhr.

This is in the case of people other than the Imam. As for the Imam, he has to be present for Jumu`ah and lead those Muslims who attend the prayer. The Jumu`ah prayer should not be forsaken completely on this day.

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And Allah knows best.

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Source:

Shaykh Saalih ibn Fawzaan al-Fawzaan