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Fatwa On The Number Of Congregants For Friday Prayer

Editor Unit ISNAD Jumlah paparan: 18
Editor Unit ISNAD Jumlah paparan: 18

 

THE 79TH MEETING OF THE PERLIS STATE FATWA COMMITTEE / 2026

14-15 APRIL 2026 / 25-26 SYAWAL 1447

 

FATWA ON THE NUMBER OF CONGREGANTS FOR FRIDAY PRAYER

 

There is no authentic and explicit textual evidence establishing a minimum number of congregants for the validity of Friday prayer — such as 2, 3, 4, 12, 40, 50 persons, or the like. The view adopted by the Fatwa Committee for the validity of Friday prayer is that it requires a minimum of three men upon whom Friday prayer is obligatory, including the imam. This is because, in the Arabic language and in customary usage ('urf), the number three has already attained the meaning of plurality.

The performance of Friday prayer is further conditioned upon its being held within an inhabited locality, meaning an area with a settled, permanently residing community. In addition, the consent of the Ulil Amri (ruling authority) must be taken into account, as has already been set out in the fatwa on the Ruling on Multiple Friday Prayers Within a Single Locality or Parish.

 

PRESENCE AND APPROVAL BY:

  1. Sahibus Samahah Professor Dato' Arif Perkasa Dr. Mohd Asri bin Zainul Abidin
  2. Sahibul Fadhilah Ustaz Tajul Urus bin Abdul Halim
  3. Sahibul Fadhilah Professor Dr. Muhamad Rozaimi bin Ramle
  4. Sahibul Fadhilah Professor Dr. Basri bin Ibrahim
  5. Sahibul Fadhilah Professor Dr. Azman bin Mohd Noor
  6. Sahibul Fadhilah Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Akram bin Dato' Dahaman @ Dahlan
  7. Sahibul Fadhilah Dr. Hj. Zaharuddin bin Hj. Abdul Rahman
  8. Sahibul Fadhilah Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmad Wifaq bin Mokhtar
  9. Sahibul Fadhilah Dr. Ahmad Sufian bin Che Abdullah
  10. Sahibul Fadhilah Ustaz Syed Abu Bakar bin Syed Kamal Bharin
  11. Sahibul Fadhilah K.H. Dr. Zaitun bin Rasmin
  12. Sahibul Fadhilah Dr. Muhammad Lukman bin Mat Sin
  13. Sahibul Fadhilah Ustaz Burhanudin bin Lokman
  14. Sahibul Fadhilah Dr. Muhammad Luthfi bin Mohammad Masruh
  15. Al-Fadhil Ustaz Muhammad Khidhir bin Abdul Ghani – Secretary

Endorsed at the Meeting of the Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council, No. 3/2026, held on 19 May 2026.

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