Jumu'a in villages

Question

Zayd says that Jumu'a is not permissible in villages, and Khalid says that it should be prayed, because by not praying [it] all the people become neglectful of the [other] prayer too and abandon the prayer, the sole cause of which is the abandonment of Jumu'a. Can this statement of Khalid become a ground for the permissibility of Jumu'a in villages or not? Also, what are the conditions of Jumu'a?

Answer

Zayd's statement is correct and sound according to the Hanafis; Khalid's statement is not correct. If people in the villages do not pray, then other measures should be adopted to make them regular in prayer — for example, admonition and tabligh; if that does not work, societies should be set up and various penalties fixed in them for the one who abandons prayer: for example,…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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