It is incorrect to pray Dhuhr after Jumuah prayer

Question: 973

I heard from some imams that under the following situations we have to
pray another 4 rakat Fard zuhur prayer (noon prayer) after the 2 rakat
Juma (Friday) prayer, is it true?

if we are far from Saudi Arabia or
if we are not staying in an Islamic Country or
if we don’t have any Islamic leader as our government in the country

Kindly answer my question, since I found that many old people they
follow these in our country, however, I didn’t find any Hadith relating to
these things.

May Allah (s.w.t) bless you. Thank you.

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

Praying four rakahs after Jumuah prayer is the opinion of some Madhhabs, and has
nothing to do with staying in Makkah or far away, or being in an Islaamic country or
not, or whether or not there is a khaleefah. The existence or permission of a khaleefah
is not a condition for Friday prayers being obligatory or valid, according to Ahl
al-Sunnah wal-Jamaaah. (Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daaimah, 8/187)

Having dealt with what you have heard from people who have no knowledge, but who
are unfortunately in the position of “imaams,” as you said, we move on to the basic
issue of offering salaat al-dhuhr after salaat al-jumuah. Our answer to this question is
that the truth is the opinion of the scholars, most of whom say that there is no basis in
shareeah for offering dhuhr prayer after jumuah prayer if a person has prayed
jumuah. The one who misses jumuah or does not attend it because it is not an
obligation for him or her, such as women, sick people or travellers, must pray dhuhr.
It was never reported that the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) or any of his Companions prayed dhuhr after praying jumuah. If he had done
so, there would be reports to that effect.

We ask Allaah to give you and us help and strength. May Allaah bless our Prophet
Muhammad
.

Source:

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

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