Can jumuah salaah be performed in the following place?

Question:
I want to ask if  jumuah can be performed in a place where : 

 1-It is not a city according to Hanafi Mazhab in my undestanding of the mas’alah.
(The place have : a primary school, a very small shop where people can buy bread, milk, cheese and any other dharurat, 2 docteurs and 1 chemist,and municipality naahib office : (French : Mairie annexe).
There is no post office, no police station, no hospital.
The population is more than 3000)

2-According to Urf it is not a city.

3-A river and road separate this place the main town where there is juma. The distance is more than qadr ul ralwah as it is mention in Ahsanul Fataawah. Here the distance is about 170/180 meter
Jazaakalah

Answer:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

You have enquired regarding performing Jumu’ah salāh in La Grande Fontaine.  You state the place has a primary school, a very small shop where people can buy bread, milk, cheese and any other dharurat, 2 doctors, a chemist, and a municipality office.  There is no post office, no police station, no hospital.
The population is more than 3000.  You further state the river and road separate La Grande Fontaine from the main town.

We have conducted a research on La Grande Fontaine and concluded with the following:

• La Grande Fontaine is a suburb of St.Paul.
• The distance between the central St.Paul and La Grande Fontaine is 170 metres.

According to our understanding, La Grande Fontaine is within the vicinity (finā’) of St.Paul.
There are approximately 8 definitions of finā’ and its length.[i] The preferred opinion as stated in al-Durr al-Mukhtār is that the length of a finā’ is one farsakh .[ii] One farsakh is approximately 5.5 km / 3.4 miles.[iii] Hence, La Grande Fontaine falls within the vicinity (finā’) of St.Paul.  Jumu῾ah is permissible in the vicinity (finā’) of a city.[iv]

A river and a road between the city centre and La Grande Fontaine does not make any difference on the ruling.  In Muhīt al-Burhānī it is clearly stated that a river will not result in separating a city.[v] The houses being inconsecutive also does not make a difference.

We advise you to also the local muftiyaan and ulama on this issue.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mufti Faraz Adam