Re: Friend needs advice.
Agree with that. Islam isn’t that rigid and in the west sometimes it can be difficult to earn a halal income while fulfilling your religious duties. If it’s only for four weeks, there is nothing wrong with just praying regular four rakh Zuhr prayer during the lunchtime, that stuff they say about ‘teen jummay na parhay tu kafir’ is all myth anyway. Think about it, Allah has given us flexibility to the the extent where we can shorten or merge two prayers when travelling which we do even though these days we travel in complete comfort. Therefore missing Jummah in that situation is not a problem for me.
Even if your ‘friend’ feels obligated to pray bajamaat, as mentioned here earlier the prayer itself takes all but 10 minutes. He does not have to listen to the whole khutbah or pray all the sunnah, I used to be in that situation and that is exactly what I did (masjid was close by). I’m sure any boss would allow that.