Is it permissible for employees in a private company – numbering over thirty – to perform Friday prayer in congregation, with the adhan, sermon, and imamate by one of them, if they are unable to leave for the prayer?
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If the workplace prevents one from leaving, and the workplace is in a village or a city, it is permissible to perform the Friday prayer at the workplace. The Friday prayer is valid in any place within villages and cities, and wherever a congregation can be formed. However, if the workplace is in the desert, the Friday prayer is not prescribed, and one must pray Dhuhr (the noontime prayer).
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