The Book of Friday Prayer, the Two Festivals, the Prayer for Rain, the Eclipse Prayer, and Funerals-01b
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The reciter: Abu al-Tahir and 'Ali ibn Khashram narrated to us, saying: Ibn Wahb informed us from Makhramah ibn Bakir. And Harun ibn Sa'id al-A'ili and Ahmad ibn 'Isa narrated to us, saying: Ibn Wahb informed us from Makhramah from his father from Abu Burdah ibn Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, who said: 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar said to me: Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 4:18.
The Shaykh : We postponed discussing the first chain of Muslim for this hadith. As you have seen, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) conditioned the acceptance of supplication in this hour by the person being standing in prayer. The meaning of "standing" here is being present, not standing as opposed to sitting; that is, it includes when one is prostrating or sitting.
The scholars differed greatly regarding this hour, to the extent that some scholars stated more than forty opinions regarding its specific timing! However, when we have a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), if the river of Allah comes, the spring of Ma'qil is invalidated. In the hadith of Abu Musa, the Messenger (may Allah's prayer and peace be upon him) specified it as the time between when the imam sits down, meaning after he exits, greets the people, and sits, until the prayer is completed. This is the best of the states of the Muslims, because they gather in one place, for one act of worship, with one imam. This is one of the causes for the acceptance of supplication. Furthermore, it perfectly applies to his statement: "and he is standing in prayer", because the people are performing an obligatory duty, not a voluntary one. Therefore, the closest of the opinions is: the time between when the imam sits down and when the prayer is completed. For this reason, the imam and the followers should seize the opportunity during the sermon and make beneficial supplications for the Muslims. Likewise, it is recommended for him and the followers to seize the opportunity in their supplication during the prayer. Although the imam is not standing in prayer during the sermon, he is in the position of one who is praying, because he only attended for it. For this reason, he is not ordered to pray the greeting of the mosque, since the sermon is before the Jumu'ah prayer. We should seize the opportunity at that time and supplicate to Allah the Exalted for good. As you see, the wordings of Abu Hurayrah vary: sometimes he said "something," and sometimes he said "good." It appears, and Allah knows best, that the meaning is: something that is not a sin, and "good" includes the thing that is not a sin, because supplicating to Allah the Exalted is worship, even in permissible matters. If you supplicate to Allah the Exalted, it is good, because the supplication itself is worship.
Did you hear your father narrating from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the Hour of Jumu'ah? I said: Yes, I heard him say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: It is the time between when the imam sits down and when the prayer is completed.
أسمعت أباك يحدث عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في شأن ساعة الجمعة قال قلت: نعم سمعته يقول سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: هي ما بين أن يجلس الإمام إلى أن تقضى الصلاةThe Shaykh : We postponed discussing the first chain of Muslim for this hadith. As you have seen, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) conditioned the acceptance of supplication in this hour by the person being standing in prayer. The meaning of "standing" here is being present, not standing as opposed to sitting; that is, it includes when one is prostrating or sitting.
The scholars differed greatly regarding this hour, to the extent that some scholars stated more than forty opinions regarding its specific timing! However, when we have a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), if the river of Allah comes, the spring of Ma'qil is invalidated. In the hadith of Abu Musa, the Messenger (may Allah's prayer and peace be upon him) specified it as the time between when the imam sits down, meaning after he exits, greets the people, and sits, until the prayer is completed. This is the best of the states of the Muslims, because they gather in one place, for one act of worship, with one imam. This is one of the causes for the acceptance of supplication. Furthermore, it perfectly applies to his statement: "and he is standing in prayer", because the people are performing an obligatory duty, not a voluntary one. Therefore, the closest of the opinions is: the time between when the imam sits down and when the prayer is completed. For this reason, the imam and the followers should seize the opportunity during the sermon and make beneficial supplications for the Muslims. Likewise, it is recommended for him and the followers to seize the opportunity in their supplication during the prayer. Although the imam is not standing in prayer during the sermon, he is in the position of one who is praying, because he only attended for it. For this reason, he is not ordered to pray the greeting of the mosque, since the sermon is before the Jumu'ah prayer. We should seize the opportunity at that time and supplicate to Allah the Exalted for good. As you see, the wordings of Abu Hurayrah vary: sometimes he said "something," and sometimes he said "good." It appears, and Allah knows best, that the meaning is: something that is not a sin, and "good" includes the thing that is not a sin, because supplicating to Allah the Exalted is worship, even in permissible matters. If you supplicate to Allah the Exalted, it is good, because the supplication itself is worship.