When does the time for the Friday prayer begin?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: According to the view that the Friday prayer is performed before the sun reaches its zenith, are the sermon and the prayer to be performed before the time for the midday prayer enters? And is the condition of the time entering an exception for the prayer?

Answer:
This is an abandoned and weaker view. The time for the Friday prayer enters with the sun reaching its zenith, and this is the relied-upon position of Imam Ahmad and the majority of the scholars. Therefore, the Friday prayer is not performed before the sun reaches its zenith; rather, it is performed when the time enters. The sermon begins after the time enters. Yes. Do not cause confusion among the people with such things, for it has reached us that some of them pray before the time enters, causing confusion among the people and deviating from the people. This is not permissible. Yes.