Is the prayer valid in a large courtyard separated by a road from the mosque, with the Imam inside the mosque?
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As long as the worshiper can hear the Imam's takbir, or hear it from someone else, then his prayer is valid according to the Maliki and Shafi'i madhhabs, and one narration from Imam Ahmad.
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