Everyone who is obliged to pray the mandatory prayers is obliged to pray the Jumu‘ah if he is a resident in a permanent dwelling [as opposed to tents, for example], and if the distance between him and the masjid is one farsakh (three miles) or less. 370 Exempted are the woman, the slave, the
كُلُّ مَنْ لَزِمَتْهُ الْمَكْتُوْبَةُ لَزِمَتْهُ الْجُمُعَةُ، إِذَا كَانَ مُسْتَوْطِنًا بِبِنَاءٍ، وبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا فَرْسَخٌ فَمَا دُوْنَ. إِلاَّ الْمَرْأَةَ، وَالْعَبْدَ،