Friday Prayer: Difference between revisions

Some of early Shi'a jurists like [[Sallar al-Daylami]]<ref>Rida Nizhad, ''Salat al-jumu'a'', p, 77</ref> and [[Ibn Idris al-Hilli]],<ref>Al-Hilli, ''al-Sara'ir'', vol. 1, p. 304</ref> and following them, some of later jurists, including [[al-Fadil al-Hindi]], considered the Friday prayer only legitimate when held by an [[infallible Imam]] or someone assigned by him as the Imam of Friday prayer.<ref>Al-Fadil al-Hindi, ''Kashf al-litham'', vol. 1, p. 246-248; al-Tabataba'i, ''Riyad al-masa'il'', vol. 4, p. 73-75; al-Naraqi, ''Mustanad al-Shi'a'', vol. 6, p. 60; Khwansari, ''Jami' al-madarik'', vol. 1, p. 524</ref> Followers of the [[fatwa]] of forbiddance of the Friday prayer, consider the assignment of the infallible Imam necessary for holding the Friday prayer and as the two conditions are not fulfilled in the time of occultation, so holding the Friday prayer is not permissible.<ref>Al-Fadil al-Hindi, ''Kashf al-litham'', vol. 1, p. 246-248; al-Tabataba'i, ''Riyad al-masa'il'', vol. 4, p. 73-75; al-Naraqi, ''Mustanad al-Shi'a'', vol. 6, p. 60; Khwansari, ''Jami' al-madarik'', vol. 1, p. 524</ref>