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37 Questions

Is Jummah prayers mandatory to attend? Can I pray it at home or do I have to go to a mosque to pray it?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Friday (Jum'ah) Prayer is obligatory if it was called for with all its conditions. This is according to the obligatory precaution ( Ehtiyat Wajib) according many of our leading scholars.

Jummah prayer can never be performed individually (Furada). It must have all its conditions including number of participants of minimum five in congregation.

Wassalam.
Is praying Jummah Namaz compulsory or just beneficial?
Zoheir Ali Esmail

Bismillah

Thank you for your question. In the period of occultation, most jurists in the modern period have ruled that a person has a choice whether to pray jummah or zuhr on a Friday. Jummah is better but zuhr is also sufficient for a person go have fulfilled their obligations.

May you always be successful 
When was the sermon of the Jumu'ah prayer given in the time of the Prophet (s)? Was it before or after the prayers? Did Muawiya have a role in changing this practice afterwards?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Sermon of Jum'ah was always given by the Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) before the two Rak'ats of Jum'ah Prayer. 
Mo'awiyah and Uthman before him tried changing it.
In the well known Sunni book Morooj Al-Thahab مروج الذهب (2:72) that Mo'awiyah prayed Jum'ah prayer on Wednesday when he returned from Siffeen.

Wassalam.
What is the significance of reciting Surat Alkahf on a Friday?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

It is narrated from the Prophet (SAWA): Who resides Sura Al-Kahf on Friday, will be granted forgiveness till next Friday and three more days and will granted Noor (light) which reaches the sky. (Majma' al-Bayan by al-Tabrasi, Volume 3, Page 447).

It is also narrated from Imam Zainul Aabideen Al-Sajjad (AS):  Who recites Sura Al-Kahf every eve of Friday ( Laylatul Jum'ah) will never die but as a martyr and will be in the day of Judgment with the martyrs. ( A'lam al-Deen by al-Daylami, page 371).

Similar meaning was narrated from Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq (AS) in Majma' Al-Bayan 3:447.

Wassalam.