Argumentasi Fatwa Dar Al-Ifta Al-Mashriyyah tentang Shalat Jum’at dalam Jaringan (Daring)

Abstract

This study analyzes the fatwa arguments from Dar al-Ifta al-Mashriyyah regarding Friday prayers which are carried out over the network, either through radio or via online video calls. This study found that Dar al-Ifta al-Mashriyyah stated that prayers carried out through radio or internet networks were not valid because they did not meet the legal requirements of Friday prayers, which were carried out in congregation and the imam and congregation were in the same place. The strongest arguments put forward by Dar al-Ifta al-Mashriyyah are the three arguments for ijma ', namely ijma' that khutbah is a valid requirement for Friday prayers, ijma 'that Friday prayers must be carried out in congregation, and ijma' that Friday prayers' at can only be done in the mosque. Apart from the argument of ijma ', Dar al-Ifta al-Mashriyyah also argued with the Sunnah of the Prophet in the implementation of Friday prayers, and a number of other arguments. This research is a normative legal research with a legal clinical approach (istinbath al-hukm). The data reviewed in this study were five fatwas of Dar al-Ifta al-Mashriyyah which were released between 1950 and 2020.