There is no such thing as a rule in Islamic Shariah or any spiritual textual content that specifies a time off.
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Engaged on Fridays doesn’t battle with Islamic Shariah, UAE Islamic students have confirmed.
As a part of the UAE’s announcement of the 4.5-day working week, Friday prayers and sermons throughout the nation have been moved to 1:15pm ranging from January 2022 to keep away from clashing with half-day working hours on Friday, in keeping with the UAE Authorities Media Workplace’s assertion.
Dr Ahmed Al Haddad, Grand Mufti on the Islamic Affairs and Charitable Actions Division in Dubai, mentioned Friday prayers are legitimate so long as they’re held initially, center or finish of prayer timings earlier than the following calling. He burdened that “Friday prayers should be carried out in mosques, not in personal prayer rooms or homes. The situation of Friday prayer is to hunt it wherever it’s held in a mosque with a preacher guiding worshippers.”
Dr. Salem Mohammed Al Dubi, member of the Emirates Council for Fatwa, burdened that unifying the Friday prayer instances throughout the nation doesn’t battle with the Islamic Shariah. “The prayer instances are solely postponed by a easy margin from the primary chosen time,” he mentioned.
There is no such thing as a rule in Shariah or any spiritual textual content that specifies a time off.
Dr. Omar Habtoor Al Derei, Director Basic of the Emirates Council for Fatwa, mentioned the Holy Quran orders individuals to take a break from work to carry out Friday prayers, which confirms the permissibility of engaged on Friday till the following prayer calling.
Dr. Omar Nihad, assistant professor on the Mohamed bin Zayed College for Humanities, mentioned the Quran states the worth of labor given its significance for the event of societies. Subsequently, engaged on Fridays doesn’t contradict with the Islamic Shariah.
Though the 4.5-day working week applies for the federal government sector, personal corporations and firms are obliged to offer breaks for workers to carry out Friday prayers, confirmed Dr. Abdulrahman Al Awar, the UAE’s Minister of Human Assets and Emiratization, in an interview with Khaleej Occasions.
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