Explanation of the Book of Friday Prayer and the Two Festivals-04a
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The reciter: Adam narrated to us, Ibn Abi Dhi'b narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Abu 'Abd Allah al-Aghar, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 929.
The Shaykh : The point of this is his saying:.
When it is a Friday, the angels stand at the gate of the mosque and keep on writing the names of the persons coming to the mosque in succession according to their arrivals. The example of the one who enters the mosque in the earliest hour is that of one offering a camel (in sacrifice). The one coming next is like one offering a cow and then a ram and then a chicken and then an egg respectively. When the Imam comes out (for Jumua prayer) they (i.e. angels) fold their papers and listen to the Khutba.
إذا كان يوم الجمعة وقفت الملائكة على باب المسجد يكتبون الأول فالأول، ومثل المهجر كمثل الذي يهدي بدنةً، ثم كالذي يهدي بقرةً، ثم كبشاً، ثم دجاجةً، ثم بيضةً، فإذا خرج الإمام طووا صحفهم ويستمعون الذكرThe Shaykh : The point of this is his saying: