The Answer to the Author’s Argument That the Prayer Is Established with Forty People

Question : What is your answer to the argument made by the author and those who followed him, that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Mus'ab ibn 'Umayr to the people of Madinah, and he gathered with them, and they were forty?

Answer : First, we say that this contradicts the authenticity of the hadith. Yes, we say that this happened by coincidence, not by intention. And what happens by coincidence is not considered in the legislation.

The presenter : Correct? Yes, very well.