What Should Be Done if Eid Coincides with Friday?

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What Should Be Done if Eid Coincides with Friday?

ما الحكم لو صادف العيد يوم جمعة؟

{English-إنجليزي}

Shaikh Saalih ibn Fawzaan al-Fawzaan

Source: http://www.islamqa.com

1430-2009

ما الحكم لو صادف العيد يوم جمعة؟

{باللغة الإنجليزية}

الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان

المصدر: موقع الإسلام سؤال وجواب

1430-2009

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?

Praise be to Allaah.

If the day of Eid coincides with Friday, then whoever prays Eid with the imaam 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 Zuhr. This is in the case of people other than the imaam. As for the imaam, 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.