Friday congregations to continue in Pakistan: clerics

Friday congregations will continue in Pakistan and mosques will not be placed on lockdown, according to Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee Chairman Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman. Rehman said the meeting could not reach a consensus on a decree issued by Egypt’s Al-Azhar University. The decree said that a Muslim government could suspend congregational prayers. Rehman said people should offer sunnah and nawafil at home for all prayers, including Friday’s.

He also said, Only Farz prayers be offered in mosques and prayer leaders have been asked to stop delivering Urdu speeches and shorten the sermons.

Source: Samaa