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Explanation of the beginning of the hours of reward on Friday

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: When do the hours of reward begin on Friday, in the hadith
Yahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman, from Abu Salih as-Sammani from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If someone does ghusl for major ritual impurity on the day of jumua and then goes in the first part of the time, it is as if he had offered up a camel. If he goes in the second part of the time, it is as if he had offered up a cow. If he goes in the third part of the time, it is as if he had offered up a horned ram. If he goes in the fourth part of the time, it is as if he had offered up a hen. If he goes in the fifth part of the time, it is as if he had offered up an egg. And when the imam comes out, the angels settle down listening to the dhikr (remembrance of Allah)."من جاء فِي السَّاعَةِ الأُولَى فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَّبَ بَدَنَةً؟
Muwatta Malik 5:1
the hadith.

Answer:
Yes, it came in the hadith
The authentic version is that whoever comes in the first hour is as if he has offered a camel, whoever comes in the second hour is as if he has offered a cow, whoever comes in the third hour is as if he has offered a sheep,الصحيح أن من جاء في الساعة الأولى فكأنما قرب بدلا، من جاء في الساعة الثانية فكأنما قرب بقرة، من جاء في الساعة الثالثة فكأنما قرب سبكة،
and if one goes in the fourth hour, then it is as if he had sacrificed a hen; and whoever goes in the fifth hour then it is as if he hadومن جاء في الساعة الرابعة فكأنما قرب دجاجة، ومن جاء في الساعة الخامسة فكأنما قرب
Sahih al-Bukhari 881
a hen. So the reward varies; the attendance at the Friday prayer varies, and the earlier one comes and the more he remembers Allah, the greater the reward. Some scholars say it begins from the appearance of the dawn, that the early arrival begins from the appearance of the dawn, meaning he comes for the Fajr prayer and remains in the mosque until he prays the Friday prayer, and he does not leave except for the need of ablution and drinking, up to that point it begins. Otherwise, he spends his time in the mosque to obtain the highest number in early arrival. And some scholars say it begins from the rising of the sun; the early arrival begins from the rising of the sun, so whoever comes immediately after the sun has risen has come in the first hour. Yes.
Source وقت بدء ساعات الأجر في يوم الجمعة — alfawzan.live

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