What is the minimum number required for the Friday prayer to be valid?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. In his final question, he asks: What is the minimum number for the Friday prayer to be valid?
Answer:
The correct view is that the Friday prayer is valid with three people or more; it is valid with three or more. This is because no authentic evidence has been established requiring a specific number greater than three. No proof has been established for this; rather, these are the independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) of the jurists and the reports (athar) of the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them), which do not reach the level of requiring a specific number. Yes.
May Allah reward you. In his final question, he asks: What is the minimum number for the Friday prayer to be valid?
Answer:
The correct view is that the Friday prayer is valid with three people or more; it is valid with three or more. This is because no authentic evidence has been established requiring a specific number greater than three. No proof has been established for this; rather, these are the independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) of the jurists and the reports (athar) of the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them), which do not reach the level of requiring a specific number. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5195- ما أقل عدد يشترط لانعقاد صلاة الجمعة ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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