The Friday prayer in prison

Question

What is the ruling concerning prisoners who have every kind of religious freedom and whose food and drink are also in their own hands, [but] who, solely by the law of the government, cannot go from inside to the outside to perform the Friday prayer, when thousands of such people are present in one place and they can perform the Friday prayer in one place?

Answer

Under the circumstances described, it is permitted to pray Jumu'a there. This issue is mentioned in “al-Durr al-Mukhtar” and “Shami”.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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