In the hadith: “Whoever goes to the Friday prayer in the first hour is as if he had offered a camel…”
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The questioner : My Shaykh, I have a question regarding a hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Does this mean specifying a time that Muslims can adhere to, for example, changing these hours from the sixth hour to what it used to be, from the time of the sun’s zenith to sunset? Did I make myself clear or not, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I’ll try to explain my situation, did you understand or not? What is your opinion?
The questioner : And another question regarding the Hijri calendar, its replacement.
The Shaykh : Yes, first, dividing the day into twelve hours and the night likewise, noting the difference in the length of night and day according to the seasons, this division is not a recent innovation; it was known because in some hadiths in *Sunan al-Nasa'i*, from the hadith of Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him): This hadith is different from the hadiths that simply state that there is an hour on Friday. Yes, here the day was divided into twelve hours and it was said in the last hour, so this division is not an innovation; it is known. Therefore, when it was said in the hadith: Muwatta Malik 5:1 to the end of the hadith, this is a division or specification for the season in which night and day are equal, meaning it consists of twelve hours, from one aspect.
Whoever comes to the Friday prayer in the first hour, such and such, and in the second hour, such and such.
مَن أتى إلى صلاة الجمعة في الساعة الأولى كذا ، وفي الساعة الثانية كذا وكذاThe Shaykh : I’ll try to explain my situation, did you understand or not? What is your opinion?
The questioner : And another question regarding the Hijri calendar, its replacement.
The Shaykh : Yes, first, dividing the day into twelve hours and the night likewise, noting the difference in the length of night and day according to the seasons, this division is not a recent innovation; it was known because in some hadiths in *Sunan al-Nasa'i*, from the hadith of Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him):
On the day of Friday there are twelve hours, and in the last of them is the hour of response; whoever prays in it or whoever supplicates in it will be answered.
يوم الجمعة اثنا عشر ساعة في آخر ساعة منها ساعة هي ساعة الاستجابة ، مَن صلى فيها أو مَن دعا استُجِيبَ لهYahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman, from Abu Salih as-Sammani from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If someone does ghusl for major ritual impurity on the day of jumua and then goes in the first part of the time, it is as if he had offered up a camel. If he goes in the second part of the time, it is as if he had offered up a cow. If he goes in the third part of the time, it is as if he had offered up a horned ram. If he goes in the fourth part of the time, it is as if he had offered up a hen. If he goes in the fifth part of the time, it is as if he had offered up an egg. And when the imam comes out, the angels settle down listening to the dhikr (remembrance of Allah)."
مَن راح في الساعة الأولى فكأنَّما قرَّبَ بدنة ...
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