Hurayrah, that he wrote to Umar asking him about the Friday prayer in Bahrain, and he was his agent there. Umar wrote back to him: "Perform the Friday prayer wherever you are." Narrated by al-Athram (28). Ahmad said: "An excellent chain of narration." (29) As for their report, it is not authentic. Ahmad said: "This is not a Hadith." It was narrated by al-A'mash from [Abu Sa'id] (30) al-Maqburi, and he did not meet him. Ahmad said: "Al-A'mash did not hear from [Abu Sa'id], (30) rather it is from Ali, and the statement of Umar contradicts it."

Section: It is not a condition for the validity of the Friday prayer that it be established within the built-up area (of a city), and it is permissible to establish it in what is near it of the desert. Abu Hanifah held this view. Al-Shafi'i said: It is not permissible outside of the built-up area; because it is a place where it is permissible for the inhabitants of the city to shorten the prayer, so it is like the distant area. Our evidence is that Mus'ab ibn Umayr performed the Friday prayer with the Ansar in Hazm al-Nabit in Naqi' al-Khadamat (31), and the naqi' is a depression in the earth where water collects for a period, and when the water drains, grass grows. Also, because it is a place for the Eid prayer, so the Friday prayer is permissible in it, like the congregational mosque. Furthermore, because the Friday prayer is an Eid prayer, so it is permissible in the prayer ground (musalla) like the Eid al-Adha prayer. Moreover, the original principle is the non-requirement of that, and there is no text regarding its requirement, nor is there a meaning of a text, so it is not a condition.

290 - Issue; He said: "And if they pray (it), they must repeat it as Zhuhr."

The totality of this is that whatever is a condition for the obligation of the Friday prayer, it is a condition for its formation; so whenever