The Friday prayer in a nearby hamlet (mazra'a)

Question

In a small town in which Jumu'a is permissible beyond any doubt, is Jumu'a permissible in a hamlet (mazra'a) of that small town, when that hamlet has only fifteen houses and, because of an orchard and farmland, it is separate from the inhabited area of the people of the small town — however close to the small town that hamlet may be? Will Jumu'a not be permissible in the hamlet? For example, if the hamlet is at a distance of up to five furlongs — as my hamlet is at a distance of five furlongs. (a)

Answer

(a, b) Where a hamlet is at such a distance that to the eye it appears to be an entirely separate settlement, Jumu'a is not valid there. The same is the case of a quarter. Where a quarter or hamlet appears to the eye to be a part of the same settlement — even if some field, pond or the like has come in between — Jumu'a is valid there, and its population too will be regarded as…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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