The ruling on the Friday prayer for travelers seeking knowledge

Question : Based on this, if a group of Muslims travel to a land of disbelief, and they are one hundred men who intend to study there for five, six, or ten years, and Friday arrives,

Answer : then the Friday prayer is not obligatory upon them, nor is it valid for them. If they prayed the Friday prayer, it would not be valid. Why? Because permanent residence is a necessary condition, and these people are not residents. Therefore, the Friday prayer is not valid for them, nor is it obligatory upon them. However, if there were forty residents in this village on that day, the Friday prayer would be obligatory upon the forty, and it would then be obligatory upon these travelers by virtue of the others; it would be obligatory upon them along with the others.