The number of people required to validate the Friday prayer
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Question:
May Allah increase your reward. He asks: Is it a condition for the validity of the Friday prayer that forty people for whom it is obligatory be present? Is that a condition? Is it a condition for the validity of the Friday prayer that forty people for whom it is obligatory be present?
Answer:
The correct view is that it is not a condition. There is a disagreement among the scholars, but the correct view is that it is not a condition, and that the prayer is valid with three or more people; because that is the minimum number for a gathering with the imam, meaning with the imam. This is based on the generality of the evidence. The claim that forty or twelve are required has no evidence for it. The correct view is that it is valid with three or more, provided they are residents of a village, residents who pray the Friday prayer. Yes. Yes. No, the imam is the third one, the imam is the third one, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
May Allah increase your reward. He asks: Is it a condition for the validity of the Friday prayer that forty people for whom it is obligatory be present? Is that a condition? Is it a condition for the validity of the Friday prayer that forty people for whom it is obligatory be present?
Answer:
The correct view is that it is not a condition. There is a disagreement among the scholars, but the correct view is that it is not a condition, and that the prayer is valid with three or more people; because that is the minimum number for a gathering with the imam, meaning with the imam. This is based on the generality of the evidence. The claim that forty or twelve are required has no evidence for it. The correct view is that it is valid with three or more, provided they are residents of a village, residents who pray the Friday prayer. Yes. Yes. No, the imam is the third one, the imam is the third one, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
التعليق على كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب جامع فيما تصان عنه المساجد وما أبيح فيها — islamhouse.com (41:34)
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