Comparative Fatwas on Friday Prayer

Fatwās of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (d.)

1- It is permissible to start Friday prayer sermons before ‘noon’ so that they finish after ‘noon’, although it is a caution to deliver them after ‘noon’.

1- Friday prayer sermons can be delivered before ‘noon’. Although it is a caution that a part of it is delivered at ‘noon’. It is also a caution to deliver them completely after ‘noon’.

2- As per obligatory caution, they should not postpone the Friday prayer beyond the time which is considered by the common view as early ‘noon’. Otherwise, they say noon prayer instead of Friday one.

2- The time for Friday prayer is early ‘noon’. It is a caution not to postpone it beyond the time which is considered in the common view as early time of the noon prayer, i.e. about one/two hours.