Friday Prayer for the People of a Camp Outside the City
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, they have sent you with the people to set up a camp for a military purpose. They number more than forty, and this is outside the city of Riyadh, in a place about two quarters of an hour away. Does this count as leaving the community?
Answer:
If there is a town near you where Friday prayer is held and you can hear the call to prayer, it is obligatory for you. But if you are in the open desert, with no town around you and no Friday prayer being held, then Friday prayer is not required of you.
Honorable Shaykh, they have sent you with the people to set up a camp for a military purpose. They number more than forty, and this is outside the city of Riyadh, in a place about two quarters of an hour away. Does this count as leaving the community?
Answer:
If there is a town near you where Friday prayer is held and you can hear the call to prayer, it is obligatory for you. But if you are in the open desert, with no town around you and no Friday prayer being held, then Friday prayer is not required of you.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 024-كتاب الصلاة - 15 - صلاة الخوف والجمعة - 5-11-21 هـ — archive.org (28:03)
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