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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Hour of Response on Friday

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Question:
Before you subscribe, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the virtue of Friday, the one who strives in the night and five of generosity, except that Allah answered his call and he read in the mosque and read between 'Asr and Maghrib, and how does one pray in the mosque when no one is reading?

Answer:
Yes, it is established in the authentic collections that on Friday there is
There is a time in it when Allah gives to a muslim slave standing in prayer whatever he asks forساعة لا يوافقها عبد مسلم وهو قائم يصلي يسأل الله شيئا إلا أعطاه إياه
Muwatta Malik 5:16
, and Allah has hidden this hour in this day, just as He hid the Night of Decree in Ramadan, so that the Muslim strives in every day and every month, so that his reward is magnified. For if the Muslim strives in every Friday, his reward is magnified with Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and he will have attained this hour and attained with it an increase in righteous deeds. Likewise, if he strives throughout Ramadan, he will have attained the Night of Decree and increased his striving throughout the month. This is a great favor from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) upon His servants; He hid it so that if it were made clear, people would target it and leave the rest of the day, thereby abandoning continuous righteous deeds.
The scholars strove to identify this hour, just as they strove to identify the Night of Decree in Ramadan. Each held to what appeared to them from the evidence. Imam Ahmad holds that it is the last hour of Friday after 'Asr, the last hour after 'Asr on Friday; Imam Ahmad holds this to be the stronger view. Some hold that it is from the imam’s entry until the prayer ends, from the imam sitting on the pulpit until the Friday prayer ends. Some hold a different view, and Allah knows best. However, according to the view that it is after 'Asr, the prayer referred to is not the prayer with bowing and prostration, because that is our time [of prayer]. Rather, the prayer referred to here is supplication, because supplication is called prayer. So the meaning is that he is standing and praying, meaning he is standing and making supplication. Yes.
Source شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب المواقيت - 2 — islamhouse.com (46:21)

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