Does one who prays Jumu'ah on its night or during its day need to perform ghusl?

The questioner : Our Shaykh, the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as it came in al-Nasa'i, regarding the day of Jumu'ah... the hadith. So, if this man performs ghusl on the day of Jumu'ah, meaning from the beginning of Fajr and after Fajr until the end of this day, which is twelve hours, or does he perform ghusl on the night of Jumu'ah and it is counted from the night of Jumu'ah?

The Shaykh : Meaning, it is supposed that one prays Jumu'ah with the ghusl of Jumu'ah, but this is not a condition, as Ibn Hazm holds, but it is obligatory according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions. The ghusl of Jumu'ah: the scholars say, some of them say it is recommended, some of them say: it is obligatory. We adopt the view that it is obligatory, but it is not a condition for the validity of the Jumu'ah prayer. Then we adopt that one performs ghusl for the Jumu'ah prayer, because when we reflect on the totality of what came from the authentic hadiths regarding the original legislation of the command for the ghusl of Jumu'ah, we find that the cause was, as the Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: that the Companions, and especially among them the Ansar, were laborers; they worked in their land, then they came to the mosque having worn woolen clothes, as is well known, so they would sweat, and a smell of sweat and wool would come from them, causing discomfort to the worshippers orThose present : those present in the mosque on the day of Jumu'ah. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them in the first instance: If you were to bathe for your day, without a command. Then afterwards, the command for ghusl came in many hadiths. Then we observe the reason for the narration of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab of the hadith that I mentioned earlier: , 'Umar ibn al-Khattab was delivering the sermon on the pulpit one day when a man entered, and in a narration it was Uthman, so 'Umar interrupted the sermon to direct his speech to the entering Uthman and remind him that he had been late. He said: It was not except that I heard the adhan and performed wudu, then I came. He said: And the wudu as well? I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ; so this confirms the meaning that I mentioned earlier; because the ghusl for the day of Jumu'ah is not in one hour of the twelve hours that I referred to in the hadith, in the hadith of Jabir. Understand the answer: , and it is not in the night. First, if we want to observe the wording, it is "the day," meaning after Fajr. This is the minimum, but its perfection is that one performs ghusl before the Jumu'ah prayer, unless there are people, and these are undoubtedly few, who if they perform ghusl after Fajr remain in a state of wudu until they pray the Jumu'ah prayer. Then they have realized the text of the hadith and its goal and its wisdom. But this is rare, and the rare has no ruling. Therefore, we advise everyone who wants to realize this noble Prophetic command to delay his ghusl for Jumu'ah until before the Jumu'ah prayer or before setting out for the Jumu'ah prayer. And the earlier one does it, the better it is for him. We have finished, if Allah wills.

The questioner : At your ease, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Come on, please proceed.