Friday Prayer Part 2: Validity and the Sermon

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• How many mandatory conditions of execution (Shurut al-Ada') must be met for Friday prayer to be validly established in Hanafi Fiqh?
• The Friday prayer is valid even if performed outside the time window of the Zuhr prayer.
• What is the minimum required congregation size (excluding the Imam) for Friday prayer to be validly performed?
• If the Friday sermon (Khutbah) is delivered after the prayer units are performed, the Friday prayer is invalid.
• What is the minimum utterance required for the Friday sermon (Khutbah) to be valid according to the Hanafi school?
• As soon as the Imam emerges to ascend the pulpit for the sermon, it is permitted to perform voluntary Sunnah prayers.
• Match the Friday prayer conditions of execution with their correct legal definitions:
• Under which condition is a worshipper permitted to verbally respond to a Salaam (Radd al-Salaam) during the Friday sermon?