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What is the legal ruling on the multiplicity of Friday prayers and Eid prayers within a single prison, such as Ofer Detention Center, which has an area of one square kilometer and is divided into ten adjacent sections separated by barbed wire, with each section performing its prayers individually, knowing that the occupation forces do not permit the establishment of a single congregational prayer, and that the nature of the prison sections does not allow for two prayers to be established for two adjacent sections?

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Scholars differ regarding the ruling on establishing Friday prayer in prison. Some hold the view that it is permissible and valid if the conditions are met and no discord is feared, arguing that the obligation falls upon the detainees when the conditions are present. Others prohibited its establishment, deeming it impermissible for prisoners, arguing that the purpose of Friday prayer is to manifest the شعار (public display of Islamic rites), and prison is not a place for that, nor has it been narrated that the Salaf established it therein. The prisoners should pray Dhuhr, and it is recommended for them to pray in congregation quietly.

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