F19Chapter of Friday Prayer
Condition of the Town for the Validity of Friday Prayer
Is residing in a large city required for Jumuʿah validity?
Hanafi
For the validity of the Friday prayer it is required that it be held in a town with a congregational mosque or in its outskirts, and it is not valid in villages.
Reference: Al-Durr al-Mukhtār — Radd al-Muḥtār — Al-Hidāyah
Maliki
Residence in a settled village or city is required for Friday prayer, regardless of size.
Reference: Al-Sharḥ al-Kabīr — Ḥāshiyat al-Dasūqī — Al-Tāj wa-al-Iklīl
Shāfiʿī
The Friday prayer is valid in villages and built settlements, on condition that forty legally responsible resident men are present, by whom the Friday prayer is constituted.
Reference: Minhāj al-Ṭālibīn — Rawḍat al-Ṭālibīn — Nihāyat al-Muḥtāj
Hanbali
Residence in a settlement of adjoining buildings is required; a large city is not mandatory.
Reference: Kashshāf al-Qināʿ — Al-Inṣāf — Sharḥ Muntahā al-Irādāt