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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Time of the Hour of Response on Friday

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: We receive messages on our mobile phones after the 'Asr prayer on Friday that say, "You are in the last hour, so do not forget us in your supplication." What is the ruling on asking people for this? And what is the ruling on sending such messages?

Answer:
Yes, on Friday there is the Hour of Response. The hadiths confirming this are authentic. There is an hour in which no Muslim servant who is standing and calling upon Allah will fail to have his supplication answered by Allah. It is called the Hour of Response, and it is one of the characteristics of Friday. The scholars differed on determining its time, with many opinions mentioned by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar in Fath al-Bari. There are many opinions, and the most famous are two. The first opinion is that it is from the time the imam sits on the pulpit until the prayer is completed. The second opinion, which is the view of Imam Ahmad, is that it is the last hour of Friday before the sun sets. So this is established: there is the Hour of Response on Friday.
But regarding recommending this and exchanging it via mobile phones, I fear that the matter will develop into something undesirable. All right, and does he say to you, "Call upon Allah for me"? Why does he not call upon Allah himself? Why does he not stand and call upon Allah in this hour? He does not need anyone. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [533 -560] وقت ساعة الإجابة يوم الجمعة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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