English translation
1369B. (It was narrated that Abû Hurairah said: “The first Jumu'ah to be held, after the Jumu'ah that was held with the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ in Makkah, was a Jumu'ah in Juwâthâ in Al-Bahrain, a village of ‘Abdul-Qais.”) (Sahîh)
Hadith 1369 (B)
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Darussalam · Volume 2
14. The Book Of Jumu'ah (Friday Prayer)Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
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1. In this narration, instead of Makkah there should have been Madinah, because according to the more correct versions, the Jumu'ah (prayer) was started in Madinah. (See Fath Al-Bârî No. 892) Even so, the delegation of the tribe of Abd Al-Qais from Bahrain had arrived to meet the Prophet ﷺ in Madinah. Obviously, the Jumu'ah must have commenced after it only. And the Jumu'ah prayers used to take place in Madinah at that time. 2. Jiwâthâ was a village in Bahrain. This indicates that offering the Friday prayer in a village is permissible. That is to say, if a sizeable number of people are living together, they should perform the Jumu'ah. As for the restrictions imposed by the Hanafites (for the validity of the Jumu'ah) such as that it should be a city, that the prescribed legal penalties should have been carried out there, that it should have a ruler in its correct sense, that there should be a judge, etc., - they have no evidence for support for any of them.