The nine people as well as those who live outside six miles...
The nine people as well as those who live outside six miles distance of congregation Salat on Friday are exempt from its mandatory attendance. Hence Salat-e-Jummah is compulsory for everyone but with some exclusions – the next question arises is: Are there any other exclusions or only the nine (as in above Hadith) plus the 6 miles distance from where is Azan is called, are the only ones? Let’s review first those conditions in which Salat-e-Jummah, under congregations ( Jamat ) becomes compulsory.
Mandatory Salat-e-Jummah Conditions: Below we look at one of the main conditions of the validity of the holding (the Jumah Salat in congregations) – is the presence of the Just Imam -asws – who orders to call people to pray Salat-e-Jumah! If we consider that it will be an imam who is leading the Friday Prayer and he has to be just, then in some places where just imams are calling and leading the Salat-e-Jumah – it will be valid – whereas at other places it will be invalid!
This addresses our question (2). The above will make the Salat-e-Jumah’s status similar to other Salat offered in the Masajid (Mosques) – which certainly is not the case! These points need further clarifications – we will try to understand in the following section. Presence of the Just Imam -asws is Mandatory: وَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَا جُمُعَةَ إِلَّا مَعَ إِمَامٍ عَدْلٍ تَقِيٍ.