Praying on Friday in the portico and the courtyard

Qays bin Ubad and Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) say: Whoever does not pray (Jumu'ah) in the mosque, his prayer is not valid.

The same is also narrated from Zurarah bin Awfa from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): they both (Qays bin Ubad and Abu Hurayrah) said: Whoever does not pray in the mosque, there is no prayer for him.

Ibrahim says: There is no harm in praying the Jumu'ah prayer in the veranda (of the mosque).

Al-Hasan says: There is no harm in praying the Jumu'ah prayer in the courtyard; but if nothing prevents him from entering (the mosque), his prayer is not valid.

Al-Shaybani says: I saw Urwah bin al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah leading the prayer in the veranda.

Zurarah bin Awfa says: Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) saw some people sitting in the veranda of the mosque. He said to them: "Go into the mosque, for Jumu'ah is only valid in the mosque."

Al-Hasan says: If a person is able to go inside but does not go inside and prays in the veranda, his prayer is not valid.