Travelling and Juma Salaah

Q: If i am travelling in an area that does not have a mosque, what do I do about Juma? Can I miss it?

A: If one is travelling for a distance that will render one a musaafir then Salatul-Jumu'ah is automatically waived (made maaf) for such a person. In that case the traveller will read two rakaats faradh of Zuhr instead of Jumu'ah.

If one is not a traveller then one has to look out for a mosque. However, it must be remember that a condition for Jumu'ah salah is that there must be at least a jamaat of 4 people including Imam according to Hanafi math-hab, and 40 people according to Shaafi. So if one fails to find a mosque and has no jamaat to read Jumu'ah, then too, one will make four faradh of Zuhr in place of Jumu'ah.

A musjid or mosque is not a condition for the validity of Jumu'ah salaah, but jamaat is, as refered to above.