The Friday Prayer for Residents in the Desert
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Question:
May Allah reward you. A questioner says: We are a group working in the desert, cut off from cities and villages, and we have been separated from the Friday prayer for a long time. Is it permissible for us to pray it, even if our number is close to twenty? May Allah bless you.
Answer:
The correct view is that the Friday prayer is established with three people: one who delivers the sermon and two who listen. This is the minimum number required for the Friday prayer to be valid. What the questioner mentioned is more than three, so there is no harm if they are permanent residents and there are no mosques nearby where the Friday prayer is held; in that case, they should pray it. However, they must consult the Ministry of Islamic Affairs to examine this matter and verify it. Yes.
May Allah reward you. A questioner says: We are a group working in the desert, cut off from cities and villages, and we have been separated from the Friday prayer for a long time. Is it permissible for us to pray it, even if our number is close to twenty? May Allah bless you.
Answer:
The correct view is that the Friday prayer is established with three people: one who delivers the sermon and two who listen. This is the minimum number required for the Friday prayer to be valid. What the questioner mentioned is more than three, so there is no harm if they are permanent residents and there are no mosques nearby where the Friday prayer is held; in that case, they should pray it. However, they must consult the Ministry of Islamic Affairs to examine this matter and verify it. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7581 — youtube.com (8:17)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.