Friday Prayer: Difference between revisions

One of the oldest reports about the Friday prayer in Shi'a societies, is the Friday prayer held in 329/740 in [[Buratha mosque]], in [[Baghdad]], by [[Ahmad b. Fadl al-Hashimi]].<ref>Khatib Baghdadi, ''Tarikh madinat al-salam'', vol. 1, p. 430</ref> Even in the sedition of 349/960 in which the Friday prayer of Baghdad suspended, the Friday prayer of Buratha mosque had no break;<ref>Ibn Athir, ''al-Kail fi al-tarikh'', vol. 8, p. 533</ref> but in 420/1029, by appointment of a Sunni imam al-jumu'a by the [[caliph]], the Friday prayer suspended for a period.<ref>Ibn Jawzi, ''al-Muntazam fi tarikh al-muluk wa l-umam'', vol. 15, p. 198-201</ref> Also the Friday prayer was held in [[Jami' Ibn Tulun]] (359/969) and in al-Azhar jami' mosque (361/971) in [[Egypt]].<ref>Qummi, ''al-Kuna wa al-alqab'', vol. 2, p. 417; Ja'farian, ''Safawiyya dar 'arsi din'', vol. 3, p. 258-259</ref> Also there are some evidences that in the first centuries of [[Islam]] the Friday prayer was held in the cities.<ref>Ja'farian, ''Namaz jum'a'', p. 23-25</ref>