What are the hours mentioned in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said?
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The Shaykh : The second question: It is narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 881. It was narrated by the group. Question: What are these hours mentioned in the hadith?
Answer: These are the time hours known today, which are twenty-four hours in the day and night. So, the intended meaning here of the first hour is one o’clock in English, and the sixth hour is midday, and the twelfth hour is the end of the day. Until now, in some Islamic countries, the people still use the Arabic hour, which has become forgotten in the Arab countries, they claim. So, the Arabic hour is twelve at Maghrib and six at midday. The Messenger (peace be upon him) says:Sunan an-Nasa'i 1388Sahih (Darussalam) meaning one o’clock, the second hour means two, and three, four, five. So, in the fifth hour, the differentiation in racing to be early to attend the Friday prayer ends. And it came in some authentic hadiths in "Sunan al-Nasa'i": , and it is in the last hour of Friday, meaning eleven o’clock in English, one hour before Maghrib.
Any person who takes a bath on Friday like the bath of Janaba and then goes for the prayer (in the first hour i.e. early), it is as if he had sacrificed a camel (in Allah's cause); and whoever goes in the second hour it is as if he had sacrificed a cow; and whoever goes in the third hour, then it is as if he had sacrificed a horned ram; 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 had offered an egg. When the Imam comes out (i.e. starts delivering the Khutba), the angels present themselves to listen to the Khutba.
مَن اغتسل يوم الجمعة غسل الجنابة ، ثم راح ؛ فكأنَّما قرَّب بدنة ، ومن راح في الساعة الثانية فكأنما قرَّب بقرة ، ومن راح في الساعة الثالثة فكأنَّما قرَّب كبشًا أقرنًا ، ومن راح في الساعة الرابعة فكأنَّما قرَّب دجاجة ، ومن راح في الساعة الخامسة فكأنَّما قرَّب بيضة ، فإذا خرج الإمام حضرت الملائكة يستمعون الذكرAnswer: These are the time hours known today, which are twenty-four hours in the day and night. So, the intended meaning here of the first hour is one o’clock in English, and the sixth hour is midday, and the twelfth hour is the end of the day. Until now, in some Islamic countries, the people still use the Arabic hour, which has become forgotten in the Arab countries, they claim. So, the Arabic hour is twelve at Maghrib and six at midday. The Messenger (peace be upon him) says:
Then the one who comes in the second hour
من راح في الساعة الأولىThat the day is twelve hours, and on Friday there is an hour in which no person supplicates to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) but that Allah responds to him.
أن النهار اثنا عشر ساعة ، وفي يوم الجمعة ساعةٌ لا يدعو الله - تبارك وتعالى - فيها إنسانٌ إلا استجابَ الله له
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