Mention of the arguments of those who say that the Friday bath is not obligatory, and the response to the evidence they have cited.

The Shaykh : The clear matters, and they affirmed the obligation of the Friday bath, but they did not realize that this obligation is not due to a state of ritual impurity. Therefore, if a person does not take a bath for Friday and then prays the Friday prayer, his Friday prayer is valid, because this is not due to a state of ritual impurity. This is unlike the one who neglected the bath from major ritual impurity and prayed the Friday prayer; his Friday prayer is not valid, it is invalid. Good. Some scholars said: Rather, this hadith is not explicit regarding the obligation, because in the Arabic language, "obligatory" can be intended to mean emphasis, so the meaning of "obligatory" would be "emphasized" or "confirmed" for every person who has reached puberty. But it was said to them: Where is the factor that shifts the meaning from "obligatory" to "emphasized"? They said:
Samurah ibn Jundub narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: And whoever takes a bath, the bath is better. This is the evidence. This evidence necessitates making the meaning of "obligatory" what? That is, emphasized. They said: And another piece of evidence is that 'Uthman ibn 'Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) entered, and the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), was delivering the sermon to the people on Friday. So 'Umar said to him: What delayed you? He said: By Allah, O Commander of the Faithful, I did not do anything more when I heard the call to prayer than that I performed ablution and then came. He said: I said that when I heard the call, I came quickly, performed ablution, and came in haste. So 'Umar said to him: "And also the ablution". And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: meaning, how do you limit yourself to ablution when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: They said: And he was not compelled to return to his house in order to take a bath. If it had been obligatory, he would have compelled him to return to the house to take a bath.