Some people may abandon the Friday for other reasons which they believe to be conditions for the validity of Friday Sal?t such as the minimum number of thos who attend it though there is no proof for such a condition. Some -such as Ar-R?fidah- hold that this Sal?t must not be done but behind a just Im?m. Ash-Shawd?n? refuted such a condition and stated that “It is not of the Shar‘; accordingly it should be thrown away”. (1)

A third condition some hold is the place in which the Friday Sal?t should be performed. Defining this “palce”, they differed a lot. Some say: ‘A place in which there is a just ruler and a just judge who apply and excute all the rulings of Shar‘’. Others said: ‘A place where there are roads and markets and where there are a just ruler and a scholar to be referred to’. All such conditions are false ones. The Friday Sal?t should be performed for it is one of the Islam rites even if there were two people; one should deliever the speech and the other listens then both perform Sal?t. (2)

According to what was mentioned, those who abandon the Friday Sal?t in some villages in India, although their number exceeds thousands.

Shaikh Ab?-Tayyib Muhammad Shamsul Haq Al-‘Ath?m ?b?d? (d. 1329 H.) wrote a benefitial treatise refuting the aforementioned practice. It is called “At-Tahq?q?tul ‘Ul? Bi’ithb?t Faradiyyatul Jumu‘ah Fil Qur?”. At its end, the shaikh stated that: ‘Performing Friday Sal?t is an obligation and one of the Islamic rites and must be done in every city, village ... etc. Abandoning it for Al-Kharkhi’s or Al-Balkhi’s interpretation is considered deficiency in one’s mind and weakness in ones faith”.