An imam enters the mosque on Friday five minutes before the time and says, “This is Ibn Hajar’s view!”

Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, the father, the questioner says: An imam enters for the Friday prayer about five minutes before the time of the adhan listed in the Umm al-Qura calendar. I pointed this out to him, and he said there is no harm in it, and that this is the view of Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him). Is his action correct?

Answer:
Ibn Hajar said to enter five minutes before. The Friday prayer is like the midday prayer; you enter when the sun passes its zenith. According to the majority of scholars, the imam enters when the sun passes its zenith. The sign of the zenith is clear: you raise your head to the sun and see if it is above the heads. If it has passed toward the west, even slightly, the time for the midday prayer has entered. The time for the Friday prayer is the time for the midday prayer. Yes.