Jumu'a and Eid in a settlement that has no mosque

Question

The village of Nagal, Patti Bhagwanpur, has a population of five thousand, but there is no mosque. However, an elementary religious school has been set up in Patti Bhagwanpur, and there is strong hope that a mosque will be built, since there are enough worshippers. Can the Jumu'a and the two Eid prayers be performed there or not?

Answer

If this is one and the same settlement, then according to the Shari'a the Jumu'a and Eid prayers are valid there. The Muslims ought to build a mosque, and until the mosque is built they should perform the Jumu'a in some other place, for example in the elementary religious school, in such a way that no one is prevented from coming there — rather, whoever wishes may come for the…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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