Can Men And Women Who Do Not Attend Friday Prayer Establish Dhuhr Prayer Before The Friday Prayer Is Performed?

Can men and women who do not attend Friday prayer establish dhuhr prayer before the Friday prayer is performed?

If women and those who are sick or have an excuse and for whom Friday prayer is not fardh establish dhuhr prayer at their homes before the imam ends Friday prayer, their prayers will be valid.

It is makruh for the people who are in this group to establish prayer by forming a congregation. They need to establish it individually.

If a person for whom Friday prayer is fardh does not attend Friday prayer without a valid excuse and establishes that day’s dhuhr prayer in his house before imam completes Friday prayer, his prayer will be valid according to Hanafis but he will be a sinner for not attending Friday prayer. According to other three schools and to Imam Zufar from Hanafi school, the prayer that is established by him is invalid. This person should re-establish dhuhr prayer after Friday prayer ends (Marghinani, al-Hidayah, II, 115-117; Halabi, as-Sagir, p. 321).

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWA