Jumu‘a in a Village of Two Hundred Houses

Question

The village of Karanpur consists of about two hundred houses; apart from 25–30 houses, all the other houses belong to non-Muslims. The village lies beside a paved road, with a bus stand right next to it; transport is available here — motor buses, three-wheelers and rickshaws. At the stand there are four shops selling sweets and the like; in the village there are a few general-goods shops in which foodstuffs and English medicines are also sold.

Answer

The proof of both parties is correct: there is no disagreement about the ruling itself; the disagreement is about its application — which proof applies to the case in question. In such a situation the way to end the dispute is for both parties to agree on one, or two or three, people of knowledge who have insight in fiqh; whatever ruling they give after inspection and…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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