مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ١٦٧ - FRIDAY PRAYERS

these sermons while sitting, it will not be in order. It is also necessary and obligatory that there should be a break between the two sermonsand the preacher should sit down during the interval for a while. It is also necessary that the preacher who delivers the sermons should also lead the prayers. And the moreapparent position is that purity (Taharat) is not a condition for delivering the sermons although as a precautionary measure it should be one of its conditions. The sermonsshould be delivered in Arabic to the extent which is obligatory but it is not necessary to do so beyond that, unless those present do not know Arabic in which case it isbetter to combine Arabic and the language of the audience, especially while impressing piety upon them. (iii) The distance between the two places where Friday prayers areoffered should not be less than one league (٣ miles). Hence if the distance between the two places is less than a league and both the prayers commence at one and the sametime both will be void. And if one of those prayers precedes the other (even to the extent of Takbiratul-ehram i.e. the first Takbir) the one which precedes will be in orderand the other will be void. In case, however, it transpires after the Friday prayers have been offered that similar congregational prayers were commenced earlier orsimultaneously at a distance of less than a league it will not be obligatory to offer midday prayers and it is immaterial whether information about it is received within thetime prescribed for midday prayers or thereafter. Furthermore, establishing Friday prayers within the said distance hinders the holding of another prayers when the first oneis itself valid and fulfills all the necessary conditions. Otherwise it is difficult to say that it hinders the other prayers and it is more probable that it does not hinder.
٧٤١. When Friday prayers which satisfies the necessary conditions is going to be offered it is obligatory, on the basis of precaution, to be present in it, andcertain things are