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Jum'ah (Arabic: جمعة‎) (also known as Friday prayer) is a congregational prayer (salat) that Muslims hold every Friday, just after noon in lieu of dhuhr. It is mentioned in the Qur'an as:

O you who believe! when the call is made for prayer on Friday, then hasten to the remembrance of God and leave off trading; that is better for you, if you know. (Qur'an 62:9)

And when the prayer is ended, then disperse in the land and seek of Allah's bounty, and remember Allah much, that ye may be successful. (Qur'an 62:10)

The jum'ah prayer is half the dhuhr prayer for convenience, and preceded by a sermon. The sermon, which is a technical replacement of the two reduced raka'ahs of the ordinary dhuhr prayer, is followed by a communal prayer, led by the imam. In most cases the khaṭīb also serves as the imam.

The Jumu'ah prayer begins with the call to prayer the muezzin makes; then the adhan, which marks the beginning of jumu'ah. Once the khaṭīb has given his speech, he concludes with a du'a, which then leads the muadhin to make the iqama which is followed by the two rak'at prayer.

The prayers mainly have high attendance of worshipers, as compared to the ritual prayers. In Turkey for example, the ritual prayers are performed regularly by 44%, whereas going to friday prayers was more regularly attended with 56% (25% sometimes and 19% never).^[1]