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Is it permissible to perform Jummah in a prison with over a 100 Muslim inmates?

· 13 Safar 1423 AH1 min readFatwa 5108English
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Is it permissible to perform Jummah in a prison with over a 100 Muslim inmates?

Answer

If the prison is within the city and there are no restrictions from the prison authorities to offer any type of religious acts of any religion, then it will be permissible to perform Jummu'ah.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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