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1069. ‘Abdur-Raḥman bin Ka’b bin Mālik — who was the guide for his father after he lost his sight — reported from his father Ka’b bin Mālik, that when he would hear the Adhān for the Friday prayer, he would seek forgiveness for As’ad bin Zurārah. So I asked him: “Every time you hear the Adhān, you seek forgiveness for As’ad bin Zurārah.” He replied: “Because he was the first one who gathered us together in (the village of) Hazman-Nabīt, which (was inhabited by) Banu Bayāḏah, in the lower part of a valley called Naqi ‘Al-Khaḏīmāt.” I asked him: “How many were you at that time?” He replied: “Forty.”
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There is no text to indicate that if they were less than forty in number, then they would not have held the Friday prayer. Meaning, this number is not the minimum number required to hold the Friday prayer.
