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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the meaning of the hours mentioned on the day of Friday?

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The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner says: You said, O honorable Shaykh, that the hours...

The Shaykh : If "in" is used in the sense of speech, it is broken, as Ibn Malik said: "or it was reported" in the context of "or it was reported by saying". And if you wish to take an example from the Qur'an to compare it with, take the saying of Allah the Exalted:
[Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allah قال إني عبد الله
[Maryam 19:30]
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The questioner : He says: You said, O honorable Shaykh, that the five hours of the day of Friday differ from the time-based hours. We ask you to clarify this for us?

The Shaykh : We have clarified that.

The questioner : Did they not understand much of what they asked about?

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : Many have asked about this question.

The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah. Well, the hours we have before us now are an innovation; they were not known in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). If the Messenger said: "Whoever came in the first hour, and whoever came in the second hour, and whoever came in the third hour, and whoever came in the fourth hour, and whoever came in the fifth hour," we divide the time from the rising of the sun on Friday to the arrival of the imam into how many parts?
Into five parts. If we assume that there are five hours between the rising of the sun and the arrival of the imam, then the time-based hour and the hour mentioned in the hadith coincide. If we assume that it is less, the ruling differs. And if we assume that it is more, the ruling also differs. It is clear, everyone.
I mean, divide the time between the rising of the sun and the arrival of the imam into five parts, each part being the first, the second, the third, the fourth, and the fifth.
Source alathar.net

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