The ruling on beginning the Friday sermon before its time and praying before the sun reaches its zenith
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Some preachers enter the mosque on Friday and begin the sermon before the time, and sometimes the prayer is called for while the time of the sun's zenith has not yet arrived. What is the validity of this?
This issue—Meaning: beginning the Friday sermon and prayer before the sun reaches its zenith—has been a subject of scholarly disagreement.So some of them said: It is not permissible until the sun reaches its zenith.And some of them said: It is permissible, and the correct view is that it is permissible one hour or half an hour before the zenith, or a time close to that. However, the better course is after the zenith, even according to those who say it is permissible to advance it by an hour or similar; this is because if the mu'adhdhin calls the adhan and those in the houses hear it, they may hasten and pray the midday prayer, which leads to excessive uncertainty for the people. Furthermore, the sun reaching its zenith is, by consensus, a condition for establishing the Friday prayer in terms of what is most excellent. Some scholars have permitted advancing it before the zenith, while others have not, but they agree that delaying it until the sun reaches its zenith is better. If one prays before the zenith according to the opinion that permits it before the zenith, there is nothing wrong with it, but it must be a short time.
And here is an issue regarding our current time: We do not recommend that anyone prays early, nor that it becomes a custom among people. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when a group of people brought him their charity, would say: (May Allah send blessings upon the family of so-and-so) If it is not adopted as a slogan, there is nothing wrong with it. Likewise, if it is not adopted as a specific designation—for example—That he says: "May Allah send blessings upon the family of Taymih, May Allah send blessings upon the family of 'Abd al-Wahhab," and the like, there is nothing wrong with that. But adopting it as a slogan every time he (peace and blessings be upon him) is mentioned in this way is not permissible, because a person might mistakenly assume that this is a prophet among the prophets.
This issue—Meaning: beginning the Friday sermon and prayer before the sun reaches its zenith—has been a subject of scholarly disagreement.So some of them said: It is not permissible until the sun reaches its zenith.And some of them said: It is permissible, and the correct view is that it is permissible one hour or half an hour before the zenith, or a time close to that. However, the better course is after the zenith, even according to those who say it is permissible to advance it by an hour or similar; this is because if the mu'adhdhin calls the adhan and those in the houses hear it, they may hasten and pray the midday prayer, which leads to excessive uncertainty for the people. Furthermore, the sun reaching its zenith is, by consensus, a condition for establishing the Friday prayer in terms of what is most excellent. Some scholars have permitted advancing it before the zenith, while others have not, but they agree that delaying it until the sun reaches its zenith is better. If one prays before the zenith according to the opinion that permits it before the zenith, there is nothing wrong with it, but it must be a short time.
And here is an issue regarding our current time: We do not recommend that anyone prays early, nor that it becomes a custom among people. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when a group of people brought him their charity, would say: (May Allah send blessings upon the family of so-and-so) If it is not adopted as a slogan, there is nothing wrong with it. Likewise, if it is not adopted as a specific designation—for example—That he says: "May Allah send blessings upon the family of Taymih, May Allah send blessings upon the family of 'Abd al-Wahhab," and the like, there is nothing wrong with that. But adopting it as a slogan every time he (peace and blessings be upon him) is mentioned in this way is not permissible, because a person might mistakenly assume that this is a prophet among the prophets.