Darulifta Ahlesunnat (Dawateislami)
Question
What do the scholars of Islam and the jurists of the sacred law state regarding the following matter: If the pre-Farḍ Sunnah prayers (sunnah qabliyyah) of the Friday prayer are missed for some reason, can they be performed after the obligatory (farḍ) JumuꜤah prayer?
بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
If the pre-Farḍ Sunnah prayers of JumuꜤah are missed, they can be performed after the obligatory JumuꜤah prayer, as long as it is still within the time. However, it is preferable (afḍal) to perform these missed sunan after performing the post-Farḍ Sunnah prayers (sunnah baꜤdiyyah) of JumuꜤah first. Once the time for Zuhr ends, these Sunnah prayers cannot be made up (qaḍā).
Furthermore, it should be remembered that performing the pre-Farḍ Sunnah prayers of Zuhr and JumuꜤah before the obligatory prayer is an Emphasized Sunnah (Sunnah Mu'akkadah). To perform them after the obligatory prayer without a valid legal excuse is disliked, and to make a habit of doing so is a sin. Therefore, without a valid legal reason, these Sunnah prayers should not be delayed until after the obligatory prayer; rather, they should be performed before it.
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم
(Allah Almighty knows best and His Messenger صَلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْہِ وَ اٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم knows best.)
Answered By: Mufti Fuzail Raza Attari
Date: Islamic Magazine Faizan e Madina October 2025