Jumu'a for the people of a village adjoining a town

Question

In a certain village there are three mosques, one of which the common people have dubbed the congregational (jami') mosque merely because the Friday prayer has been held in it ever since it was built (about a hundred years [ago]). Before its present [state], the condition of this village was such that a fairly large market used to be held [there], but long ago the market declined, as a result of which the population has dwindled and remained at about two thousand.

Answer

Jumu'a is valid in this small town and not valid in the village. Where Jumu'a is not valid, the fard of Zuhr should be performed with congregation. If the sound of the adhan reaches this village from the small town, then according to Imam Muhammad ﵀ Jumu'a is wajib upon the people of the village; in “al-Durr al-Mukhtar” this very view is the one on which fatwa is given (mufta…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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