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Is it permissible for a university student to pray Jumu'ah (Friday prayer) in the mosque of the university dormitory, which closes during holidays?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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The soundest opinion is that the validity of Friday prayer does not require it to be performed in a mosque. This is the view of the majority of scholars. Abu Hanifa held this view, while Al-Shafi'i disagreed, stipulating that it must be performed within a building. The majority based their argument on the actions of Mus'ab ibn Umayr, who led the Ansar in Friday prayer in Hazm al-Nabit in the desert, and on the fact that it is an Eid prayer, thus permissible to perform in a musalla (outdoor prayer area). Some Malikis believe it is a condition that it be performed in a built mosque, but Ibn al-Arabi al-Maliki rejected this. Therefore, there is no harm in praying it in a mosque that closes during school holidays.

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