The ruling on the hadith: “Whoever catches one rak'ah of the Friday prayer has caught the prayer”

The Shaykh : Okay.

The questioner : Our Shaykh, the hadith has caught the prayer. Has it been reported that in most of its chains there are defects? What is your opinion of this hadith?

The Shaykh : And who said that most of its chains have defects? Yesterday we were with Shaykh Ali at the house, and one of the Yemeni brothers who asks questions said it was Shaykh Muqbil. First, if the report is correct. And reflect on what you reported; I said “most of its chains,” do you mean what you are saying? Fine, and the fewest of its chains is, of course, the opposite of most of its chains. That means, if the fewest of its chains are not defective, that is sufficient for us. In any case, the hadith is in the two Sahihs, and whoever wants to criticize the two Sahihs has to confine his mind to a great deal, yes.

The questioner : Our Shaykh, it seems the first one sometimes: whoever catches one rak'ah of the prayer, the word “Friday” is being spoken of the word “Friday,” do you remember this, our Shaykh?

The Shaykh : Yes, that is his question, yes. But. Whoever catches one rak'ah of the Friday prayer has caught the Friday prayer. This is not in the two Sahihs. No. Whoever catches one rak'ah of the prayer has caught the prayer. There is no disagreement on that. As for this one, I do not accept it; we can review it. No problem, no problem, I am satisfied; we were not speaking with the brother just now, yes, meaning now, so that we do not waste our time, one of us is mistaken, yes. The one who attributes it to the two Sahihs, or the one who does not attribute it, in any case, I asked the brother a question, and I hope his question was precise, as evidenced by the fact that I reversed the question on him and he answered in the affirmative, saying that most of the chains are defective. I said to him, then what about the fewest? And he answered that they are not defective. So we said that is sufficient, correct. Ah, so the matter is now finished, yes. As for verification, this is possible, yes. Whoever catches one rak'ah of the Friday prayer has caught it.