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===Minimum number of participants=== | ===Minimum number of participants=== | ||
Faqihs of Islamic sects have different ideas about the minimum number of participants required for the Friday prayer: Shi'a faqihs<ref>al-Sayyid al-Murtada, ''Rasa'il al-Sharif al-Murtada'', vol. 1, p.222; Hilli, ''al-Sara'ir'', vol. 1, p. 290; Fadil Hindi, ''Kashf al-litham'', vol. 4, p. 215</ref> consider the participants must be at least 5 persons,<ref>al-Shaykh al-Tusi, ''Tahdhib al-ahkam'', p. 103</ref> some other consider the number at least 7. Hanfis consider the presence of at least 3, Shafi'is and Hanbalis at least 40, and Malikis at least 12 persons necessary for holding the Friday prayer.<ref>Kasani, ''Bada'i' al-sana'i' fi tartib al-shara'i' '', vol. 1, p. 266</ref> | Faqihs of Islamic sects have different ideas about the minimum number of participants required for the Friday prayer: Shi'a faqihs<ref>al-Sayyid al-Murtada, ''Rasa'il al-Sharif al-Murtada'', vol. 1, p.222; Ibn Idris al-Hilli, ''al-Sara'ir'', vol. 1, p. 290; Fadil Hindi, ''Kashf al-litham'', vol. 4, p. 215</ref> consider the participants must be at least 5 persons,<ref>al-Shaykh al-Tusi, ''Tahdhib al-ahkam'', p. 103</ref> some other consider the number at least 7. Hanfis consider the presence of at least 3, Shafi'is and Hanbalis at least 40, and Malikis at least 12 persons necessary for holding the Friday prayer.<ref>Kasani, ''Bada'i' al-sana'i' fi tartib al-shara'i' '', vol. 1, p. 266</ref> | ||
===Minimum distance between two Friday prayers=== | ===Minimum distance between two Friday prayers=== | ||