Explanation of the Book of Friday Prayer and the Two Festivals-01a
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The reciter: Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Asma' narrated to us, Jawariyyah informed us, from Malik, from al-Zuhri, from Salim ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): Sahih al-Bukhari 878.
The Shaykh : The man referred to here is Uthman ibn 'Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), but some narrators concealed this, because a person might find it distasteful that Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) would be so occupied that he missed the Friday prayer until the call was made. However, there is nothing strange about it, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 36:48 So a person may be occupied with something other than advancing to the Friday prayer, or with the prayer itself, and yet the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .
While `Umar bin Al-Khattab was standing and delivering the sermon on a Friday, one of the companions of the Prophet, who was one of the foremost Muhajirs (emigrants) came. `Umar said to him, "What is the time now?" He replied, "I was busy and could not go back to my house till I heard the Adhan. I did not perform more than the ablution." Thereupon `Umar said to him, "Did you perform only the ablution although you know that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) used to order us to take a bath (on Fridays)?"
أن عمر بن الخطاب بينما هو قائم في الخطبة يوم الجمعة، إذ دخل رجل من المهاجرين الأولين من أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، فناداه عمر أية ساعة هذه؟ قال: إني شغلت فلم أنقلب إلى أهلي حتى سمعت التأذين، فلم أزد أن توضأت، فقال: والوضوء أيضاً! وقد علمت أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يأمر بالغسلThe Shaykh : The man referred to here is Uthman ibn 'Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), but some narrators concealed this, because a person might find it distasteful that Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) would be so occupied that he missed the Friday prayer until the call was made. However, there is nothing strange about it, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: