Explanation of the Hadith: "Whoever goes to the Friday prayer..."
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Question:
A message was received for the program from one of the brothers, the sender (Abd al-Aziz S. A.), our brother has nine questions. Among his questions, he asks and says: What are the hours of Friday mentioned in the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), in the sense of: to the end of the hadith?
Answer:
This hadith is authentic from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the two Sahihs, that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Muwatta Malik 5:1 the hadith.
It is a great, noble, and authentic hadith, and it indicates the prescription of hastening to the Friday prayer. This is a matter known among the scholars of knowledge, and the authentic hadiths from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) point to it.
As for the beginning, it was said: it starts after the Fajr prayer, and it was said: from the rising of the sun. This is possible because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not specify the beginning. He said: "Whoever goes," "Whoever hastens and is early," but he did not clarify the starting point.
And the closest, and Allah knows best, is from the rising of the sun; because the yellowish light follows what came before it, and it is the place for sitting in the mosques, worship, remembrance, seeking forgiveness, and reciting the Qur'an, or going to the house for a need or to relieve oneself, or consuming the first food that helps one to remain in the mosque for Friday... and so on.
So the closest, and Allah knows best, and the most appropriate, is that it is after the sun has risen, so that when he goes to the mosque, it becomes a place for prayer and worship. This is the closest and most apparent, and Allah knows best, meaning the first hour after the sun has risen and prayer has become permissible for the Muslim in his mosque and his house. This is the closest and most appropriate. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. Did the Shaykh, may Allah preserve him, divide the night and the day in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or in the time of his Companions?
The Shaykh: The apparent meaning of the hadiths is that the night is twelve [hours] and the day is twelve [hours], divided into twelve hours, and the day likewise. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. So the division is established, so the first time is approximately one in the morning by the time of...
The Shaykh: ...depending on the difference in times. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
A message was received for the program from one of the brothers, the sender (Abd al-Aziz S. A.), our brother has nine questions. Among his questions, he asks and says: What are the hours of Friday mentioned in the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), in the sense of:
Whoever comes in the first hour is as if he has offered a camel.
من أتى في الساعة الأولى فكأنه قدم بدنةAnswer:
This hadith is authentic from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the two Sahihs, that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman, from Abu Salih as-Sammani from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If someone does ghusl for major ritual impurity on the day of jumua and then goes in the first part of the time, it is as if he had offered up a camel. If he goes in the second part of the time, it is as if he had offered up a cow. If he goes in the third part of the time, it is as if he had offered up a horned ram. If he goes in the fourth part of the time, it is as if he had offered up a hen. If he goes in the fifth part of the time, it is as if he had offered up an egg. And when the imam comes out, the angels settle down listening to the dhikr (remembrance of Allah)."
من راح إلى الجمعة في الساعة الأولى فكأنما قرب بدنة، ومن راح في الساعة الثانية فكأنما قرب بقرة، ومن راح في الساعة الثالثة فكأنما قرب كبشًا أقرن، ومن راح في الرابعة فكأنما قرب دجاجة، ومن راح في الخامسة فكأنما قرب بيضةIt is a great, noble, and authentic hadith, and it indicates the prescription of hastening to the Friday prayer. This is a matter known among the scholars of knowledge, and the authentic hadiths from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) point to it.
As for the beginning, it was said: it starts after the Fajr prayer, and it was said: from the rising of the sun. This is possible because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not specify the beginning. He said: "Whoever goes," "Whoever hastens and is early," but he did not clarify the starting point.
And the closest, and Allah knows best, is from the rising of the sun; because the yellowish light follows what came before it, and it is the place for sitting in the mosques, worship, remembrance, seeking forgiveness, and reciting the Qur'an, or going to the house for a need or to relieve oneself, or consuming the first food that helps one to remain in the mosque for Friday... and so on.
So the closest, and Allah knows best, and the most appropriate, is that it is after the sun has risen, so that when he goes to the mosque, it becomes a place for prayer and worship. This is the closest and most apparent, and Allah knows best, meaning the first hour after the sun has risen and prayer has become permissible for the Muslim in his mosque and his house. This is the closest and most appropriate. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. Did the Shaykh, may Allah preserve him, divide the night and the day in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or in the time of his Companions?
The Shaykh: The apparent meaning of the hadiths is that the night is twelve [hours] and the day is twelve [hours], divided into twelve hours, and the day likewise. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. So the division is established, so the first time is approximately one in the morning by the time of...
The Shaykh: ...depending on the difference in times. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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