Jumu'a in a Prison

Question

Several people have been interned and arrested in connection with a political struggle. They are also concerned about the Jumu'a prayer: is it validly performed in a state of captivity and constraint or not? Should they pray Zuhr or Jumu'a? Kindly, covering the particular rulings (juz'iyyat) of the various schools of fiqh, clarify the Hanafi position with proofs and evidence, so that these people of knowledge may gain light from it.

Answer

[ar]والإذن العام، أي شرط صحتها الأداء على سبيل الاشتهار، حتى لو أن أميرًا أغلق أبواب الحصن وصلى فيه بأهله وعسكره صلاة الجمعة لا تجوز، كذا في الخلاصة[/ar] “And general permission — that is, the condition of its validity is performing it publicly, openly; so that if an amir locked the gates of the fortress and led his household and his troops in the Jumu'a prayer inside it, it…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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