congregation but he is permitted only to leave some to satisfy his bride’s needs and attract her heart to him.

Attending Jumu‘ah Sal?t is, however, an exception; it is an obligation on him to attend it. May All?h ( - عز وجل -) guide us to the right path’. (1)

Having mentioned the interpretation of the had?th, Al-H?fith Ibn Hajar said: ‘It is a detested act that a bridegroom leaves attending the congregational Salaw?t in both the three or seven-day limit and abandon doing any of the righteous deeds he used to do. This opinion was also stated by Ash-Sh?fi‘?’.

Then he reported Ibn Daqiq Al-Eid’s statement: ‘Some Fuqah?’ exaggerated regarding this and held that his staying with her is a Shar‘ excuse for him not to attend the Jumu‘ah Sal?t, and they showered their opposers with criticism’. (2)

The following paragraphs state Ibn Daqiq Al-Eid’s precise words: ‘Some M?lik? Fuqah? exaggerated in this issue and held that staying with one’s bride is considered a Shar‘ excuse for leaving Jumu‘ah Sal?t - if it happens to be part of the proportion days. This opinion, however, contradicts the Fiqh principle; for staying with the bride is of good manners and Sunnan for doing which the W?jib [Fard] should not be abandoned.

Having sensed that such an opinion is not true and staying with the bride is not a Shar‘ excuse, some late Fuqah?’ interpreted that those who held the aforementioned opinion believed that the Jumu‘ah Sal?t is a Fard Kif?yah [collective duty] (!!) which is a sheer falsehood for this view entails the possibility of staying with the bride be a real Shar‘ excuse which is untrue.