Jumu'ah
Jumu'ah (in standard Arabic
jum`ah; Arabic: صلاة الجمعة
ṣalāt al-jum`ah, "Friday prayer") is a congregational prayer (
ṣalāt) that Muslims hold every Friday, just after noon in the place of
dhuhr. Muslims pray ordinarily five times each day according to the sun's sky path regardless of clock time. It is mentioned in the Qurʾān as: O ye who believe! When the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday (the Day of Assembly,
yawm al-jumʿah), hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah, and leave off business (and traffic): That is best for you if ye but knew! And when the Prayer is finished, then may ye disperse through the land, and seek of the Bounty of Allah: and celebrate the Praises of Allah often (and without stint): that ye may prosper. —Qur'an, sura 62 (Al-Jumua), āyāt 9-10 The
jumuʿah prayer is half the
ẓuhr (dhuhr) prayer, for convenience, preceded by a
khuṭbah (a sermon as a technical replacement of the two reduced
rakaʿāt of the ordinary
ẓuhr (dhuhr) prayer), and followed by a congregational prayer, led by the imām.