Prayers & Duties >> Jumuah & Eid Prayers
Question ID: 150934Country: India
Answer ID: 150934
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 835/811/B=8/1438)
According to Hanafi Fiqh, Jumuah can be performed in big village which is like town where there are various streets, shops that fulfill the daily needs of the habitants and there is urbanity, which was estimated by some of our elder Ulama to have a population of 3 to 4 thousand. But Jumuah is not valid in a place with less than this population. However, according to Imam Malik, Imam Shafai, Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (may Allah have mercy upon them), it is lawful to establish Jumuah salah in each and every village whether big or small. They don’t take the population into consideration.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India