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The Minimum Number of Worshippers Required for the Friday Prayer to be Held in the Village
What is the number of men required to hold the Friday prayer in a large village according to the Hanafi scholars?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: The Friday prayer is valid and obligatory if there are hundreds of people living there, such that the mosque cannot accommodate their prayers, and God knows best.
