What is the stronger position regarding the imam coming on Friday day and his prayer and sermon before the sun passes its zenith?

The questioner : Yes, I said, O Shaykh, meaning

The Shaykh : No, we did not say for them to do it; people are acting contrary to that. Some people have arranged that they come at twelve o’clock, in winter and summer, before the sun passes its zenith or after it. And some people come half an hour or more or less before the sun passes its zenith. The stronger position is that he does not come before the sun passes its zenith, because the three Imams all say that it is not valid before the sun passes its zenith. Yes, and it is also a narration from Ahmad, yes.
They did not contradict each other, because the hadith of Jabir says: "When the sun passes its zenith, we pray, then we go to our tents and rest them. When the sun passes its zenith." And "when the sun passes its zenith" can, by custom, be connected to his saying "we pray," and it can be connected to his saying "we rest them." And on this basis, the difference is less than an hour, half an hour or so. As for the prayer of the festival, from the time of the prayer of the festival, this is far off.

The questioner : But if he delivered the sermon before the sun passes its zenith.

The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with it, if Allah wills.

The questioner : After that.

The Shaykh : There is no harm, if Allah wills, there is no problem. The school of thought that says it is necessary for the sun to pass its zenith says it is necessary for the sermon and the prayer to be after the sun passes its zenith.