Is it permissible to perform Jumu'ah prayer in congregation at home due to the absence of a mosque or congregants in a village 60 kilometers away from the city, where one will reside for 15 days, and is the prayer of six men and their wives considered valid, taking into account the fatwa that one who stays in a place for more than five days is not considered a traveler?
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Jumu'ah prayer is not obligatory for you as long as your village does not have a mosque and Jumu'ah is not established there. You must perform Dhuhr prayer in congregation after the . It is not permissible for you to shorten the prayer because the distance is less than the legal distance for shortening prayers (approximately 83 kilometers). We advise caution against going to tourist places where evil deeds are prevalent.
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