Explanation of the Book of Friday Prayer and the Two Festivals-01a

The reciter: Abdullah ibn Yusuf narrated to us, Malik informed us, from Nafi', from Abdullah ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .

The Shaykh : His statement: means: he intended to come. However, his expression of the intention to come as "coming" indicates that it is recommended that the ritual bath be performed at the time of going, so that there is no time in which sweat or the like occurs. For this reason, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: performing the ritual bath when setting out for the prayer is better than doing it earlier. But if one performs the ritual bath after the sun rises and does not go to the place of prayer until the fifth hour, it suffices him, but the best is that he performs the ritual bath when he goes. It is known from this that one who does not come for the Friday prayer owes no ritual bath, such as the sick person and the woman, and the like of them.