The required number for the festival prayer, and the ruling on Friday and the festival if they coincide

Question:
His second question asks: Is a specific number required for the festival prayer, like the Friday prayer for example? And what is the ruling if the festival falls on a Friday regarding the Friday prayer? I have heard that there is no Friday prayer for the congregation, unlike the imam. So how is it obligatory for the imam alone? And how does he establish it by himself?

Answer:
The festival prayer and the Friday prayer are among the great rituals of the Muslims. The Friday prayer is the weekly festival, and the festival prayer is the festival of al-Adha and al-Fitr, which is an annual festival. Both of them are obligatory: the Friday prayer is an individual obligation, and the festival prayer is a collective obligation according to the majority, and an individual obligation according to some scholars, like the Friday prayer.
The scholars differed regarding the number required for them, and the most correct opinion stated is that the minimum number is three or more. As for the one who required forty, he has no clear evidence to rely upon.
One of its conditions is residency; it must be in the town. As for the people of the desert, the Bedouins, and travelers, they have no Friday prayer or festival prayer. For this reason, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the Farewell Pilgrimage, it coincided with a Friday, and he did not pray the Friday prayer, and he did not pray the festival prayer on the Day of Sacrifice. This indicates that travelers have no festival prayer or Friday prayer.
Likewise, the residents of the desert have no festival prayer or Friday prayer. If the festival coincides with a Friday, it is permissible for the one who attends the festival not to pray the Friday prayer, and to pray it as the midday prayer. This is based on what is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this matter. It is established from him (peace and blessings be upon him) that he granted a dispensation regarding the Friday prayer for the one who attends the festival, and he said: .
The point is: or what is the meaning of his words (peace and blessings be upon him), the point is: it is established from him (peace and blessings be upon him) what indicates a dispensation for the one who witnesses the festival not to pray the Friday prayer, but he must not leave the midday prayer. Rather, he has to pray the midday prayer. Because he made obligatory upon us five prayers in the day and night. If he does not pray the Friday prayer, he prays the midday prayer. We do not have a day in which only four are obligatory. Rather, five prayers are obligatory upon us, apart from the festival. The festival is a sixth prayer. So if the festival coincides with a Friday, he has to pray the midday prayer if he does not pray the Friday prayer. Yes.

The presenter: And the imam? What is the obligation of the imam?

The Shaykh: As for the imam, he prays with the people. He prays with whoever is present. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah bless you.