Practices of the I'adah Zuhur after Friday Prayers in Aceh Besar District: An Analysis with the perspectives of Islamic Law Approaches

Abstract

This study discusses the practice of i'adah dzuhur after the Friday Prayers in Aceh Besar. I'adah dzuhur is carried out by some people as they see that the performance of Friday Prayers is considered to have ignored several conditions. This leads to some people’s decisions to re-perform the dzuhur prayer. This fact encourages the author to explore reasons that some people consider carrying out the i'adah dzuhur after Friday prayers. In addition, the performance is i'adah dzuhur was also driven by perspectives of Muslim scholars graduated from Islamic traditional boarding schools suggesting that the performance of Friday praying has yet to meet certain level of validity. This study is an empirical juridicial study using the Islamic legal approach. The data for the study was collected through interviews, observation and document analysis. In addition, the data was analyzed using qualitative data analysis procedures. The results showed that the performance of Friday prayers in Aceh Besar has met the rules as mandated in the fiqh. However, some people in Aceh Besar are cautious on the eligibility of the Friday prayer performances. This caution is in regard with the two requirements for the validity of Friday: First, the location between mosques should be adjacent with each other. Second, there should be the minimum number of 40 Friday prayer congregations, and all of them should be well educated on the nature of Friday prayers. As a result of being unsure about the fulfillment of these two conditions and caution (ihtiyati), some people perform the i'adah dzuhur after Friday. Such communal understanding is influenced by the alumni of Islamic traditional Boarding schools (dayah) due to several factors. First, the emergence of Islamic figures from the traditional Islamic boarding school; second, the alumni has been active in various socio-religious activities, and third, the alumni have gained some charisma.

Network Of Islamic Education Ideology in Aceh Islamic Boarding Schools: A Systematic Literature Review

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Islamic Law Perspective in Viewing the Implementation of Friday Prayer in the Workplace or Not a Mosque When the COVID-19 Pandemic Happened

“…Hamdan Fathur Rahim entitled "Perception of Religious Figures About Friday Prayers in Two Adjacent Mosques (Case Study of Gilang Village, Ngunut District, Tulungagung Regency)". This study aims to determine the perception of religious leaders about the law of Friday prayers in two adjacent mosques in the village of Gilang-Tulungagung and to describe the perceptions of fiqh scholars about the law of Friday prayers in two adjacent mosques (Muthalib et al, 2021). The results of this paper indicate that: (1) The perception of community leaders in the village of Gilang about establishing Friday prayers in two adjacent mosques is permissible in the Shari'a, and Friday prayers in the two mosques are considered valid due to an urgent need, namely between the two parties cannot be gathered or united to establish one Friday prayer in one mosque; (2) The opinion of the majority of scholars says that establishing Friday prayers in two adjacent mosques in one village simultaneously (Taʿaddud al-Jumuʿah) is not permissible if no excuse prevents it from being done in one place (village/city) (Kyaw, 2021).…”