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502. I heard Aḥmad bin Al-Ḥasan saying: "We were with Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal, so they mentioned the one upon whom the Friday prayer is obligatory. Aḥmad did not mention anything about it from the Prophet ﷺ." Aḥmad bin Al-Ḥasan said: "I
said to Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal: 'There is something about it from Abū Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ.' So Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal said: 'From the Prophet ﷺ?' I said: 'Yes.'" [Aḥmad bin Al-Ḥasan said:] "Hajjāj bin Nušair narrated to us; Mu'ārik bin 'Abbād narrated to us from 'Abdullāh bin Sa'eed Al-Maqburi, from his father, from Abū Hurairah that the Prophet ﷺ said: "The Friday prayer is required from whomever can return to his family by the night." He said: "So Aḥmad [bin Ḥanbal] became angry with me, and he said to me: 'Seek forgiveness from your Lord, seek forgiveness from your Lord.'"
[Abū 'Eisā said:] Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal only did that because he did not consider this Hadīth to be anything and he thought that it was weak due to the conditions of its chain.
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Three A'immah: Mālik, Shāfi'i and Ahmad said, as for the issue of Friday there is no difference concerning holding it in a city or a village, wherever it can be congregated it is obligatory. Therefore where the voice of Adhān reaches and those people attend congregational prayer, they also should come for Friday prayer, but according to Aḥnāf Friday is compulsory only for the people of a city or a big village.
