If no one is available to deliver the Friday sermon, is the prayer performed as Zuhr?

The questioner : ... complete ... the first ...; the absence is not considered a valid excuse and it is permissible. I say, are they given the choice to pray it as Jumu'ah with a sermon, of course, and an imam, or as a congregation?

The Shaykh : No, if there is someone to lead them in prayer and deliver the sermon to them, they pray Jumu'ah.

The questioner : Is it obligatory or is it the preferred option?

The Shaykh : It is obligatory, because the original ruling for Friday is Jumu'ah. However, if there is no congregation and no one to deliver the sermon to them, they pray Zuhr.