[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ told us that there is an hour during Friday. He mentioned the hadith, and I said, "I swear by Allah, if I come to Abu Sa'eed and ask him, he would mention the hadith." So I left him and went to Abdullah bin Salam and asked him about it. He said, "Allah created Adam on Friday, descended him to the Earth on Friday, took him back on Friday, and the Hour will occur on Friday. it's the last hour." Suraj said, "It is his last hour." I said, "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about prayer that it is not an hour of prayer." He said, "Did you not know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The one waiting for prayer is in prayer?'" I said, "Yes." He said, "That is indeed it, by Allah."  

يُحَدِّثُنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ سَاعَةً فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قُلْتُ وَاللهِ لَوْ جِئْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ خَلَقَ اللهُ آدَمَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَأُهْبِطَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَقَبَضَهُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَفِيهِ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ فَهِيَ آخِرُ سَاعَةٍ وَقَالَ سُرَيْجٌ فَهِيَ آخِرُ سَاعَتِهِ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فِي صَلَاةٍ وَلَيْسَتْ بِسَاعَةِ صَلَاةٍ قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مُنْتَظِرُ الصَّلَاةِ فِي صَلَاةٍ ؟ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ هِيَ وَاللهِ هِيَ  

[Machine] "What is between this and one is haram, which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited. I would not cut a tree with it, nor would I kill a bird with it."  

مَا بَيْنَ كَذَا وَأُحُدٍ حَرَامٌ حَرَّمَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا كُنْتُ لِأَقْطَعَ بِهِ شَجَرَةً وَلَا أَقْتُلَ بِهِ طَائِرًا  

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, we find in the Book of Allah, on the day of Friday, an hour where no Muslim servant is praying and asks Allah for something except that Allah grants him what he asked for." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ pointed and said, "Some of the scholars said it is during the last hour of the day." So I said, "The Messenger of Allah spoke the truth." Abu An-Nadr said, "Abu Salamah asked him, 'Which hour is it?' He replied, 'It is the last hour of the day.' So I said, 'It is not a prayer hour.' He said, 'Yes, indeed. The Muslim servant, after he has prayed and then sits in his place of prayer, nothing prevents him except waiting for the prayer.'"  

قُلْتُ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ إِنَّا نَجِدُ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فِي يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ سَاعَةً لَا يُوَافِقُهَا عَبْدٌ مُسْلِمٌ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَيَسْأَلَ اللهَ ﷻ شَيْئًا إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ مَا سَأَلَهُ فَأَشَارَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ بَعْضُ سَاعَةٍ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ صَدَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ قَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ سَأَلْتُهُ أَيَّةَ سَاعَةٍ هِيَ؟ قَالَ آخِرُ سَاعَاتِ النَّهَارِ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِسَاعَةِ صَلَاةٍ فَقَالَ بَلَى إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ الْمُسْلِمَ فِي صَلَاةٍ إِذَا صَلَّى ثُمَّ قَعَدَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ لَا يَحْبِسُهُ إِلَّا انْتِظَارُ الصَّلَاةِ  

"I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and my name was not Abdullah bin Salam. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ named me Abdullah bin Salam." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3734)  

قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَيْسَ اسْمِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ فَسَمَّانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ  

[Machine] While we were walking with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , we heard people asking him, "Which deeds are the best, O Messenger of Allah?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Believing in Allah and His Messenger, struggling in the cause of Allah, performing an accepted Hajj." Then he heard a call in the valley saying, "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I bear witness and testify that no one can bear witness to this except those who are free from association with Allah." Abdullah said, "I also heard this from Harun."  

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ نَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ سَمِعَ الْقَوْمَ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِيمَانٌ بِاللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَجِهَادٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَحَجٌّ مَبْرُورٌ ثُمَّ سَمِعَ نِدَاءً فِي الْوَادِي يَقُولُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا يَشْهَدَ بِهَا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا بَرِئَ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَسَمِعْتُهُ أَنَا مِنْ هَارُونَ  

[Machine] "When the Prophet ﷺ arrived, people surrounded him, and I was among those who were pushing and jostling. When his face became clear, I recognized that his face does not resemble the face of a liar. The first thing I heard him say was, 'Spread peace, feed the hungry, maintain family ties, and pray while others are sleeping, and you will enter paradise in peace.'"  

لَمَّا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ انْجَفَلَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ فَكُنْتُ فِيمَنِ انْجَفَلَ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنْتُ وَجْهَهُ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ وَجْهَهُ لَيْسَ بِوَجْهِ كَذَّابٍ فَكَانَ أَوَّلُ شَيْءٍ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ أَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ وَأَطْعِمُوا الطَّعَامَ وَصِلُوا الْأَرْحَامَ وَصَلُّوا وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِسَلَامٍ  

[Machine] Abdullah is the last hour of Friday. Abu Hurairah asked, "How can it be the last hour of Friday?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No Muslim who prays will encounter it, and that is an hour in which no prayer is offered." Abdullah bin Salam said, "Did not the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever sits in a gathering waiting for the prayer, then he is in prayer until he prays?" So I said, "Yes." He said, "That is it."  

عَبْدُ اللهِ هِيَ آخِرُ سَاعَةٍ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ كَيْفَ تَكُونُ آخِرَ سَاعَةٍ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ؟ وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يُصَادِفُهَا عَبْدٌ مُسْلِمٌ يُصَلِّي وَتِلْكَ سَاعَةٌ لَا يُصَلَّى فِيهَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ أَلَمْ يَقُلْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ جَلَسَ مَجْلِسًا يَنْتَظِرُ فِيهِ الصَّلَاةَ فَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ فَقُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ فَهُوَ ذَاكَ  

[Machine] In his statement, he said that Ka'b is lying, just as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said every Friday. I said, "Indeed, he has returned." He said, "By the one in whose hand is the soul of Abdullah bin Salam, I know that hour." I said, "O Abdullah, then tell me about it." He said, "It is the last hour of the day of Friday." I said, "He said that it does not coincide with a believer while he is praying." He said, "Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Whoever is waiting for a prayer is in a state of prayer until he prays'? I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'That's how it is."  

فِي قَوْلِهِ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ قَالَ كَذَبَ كَعْبٌ هُوَ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمِ جُمُعَةٍ قُلْتُ إِنَّهُ قَدْ رَجَعَ قَالَ أَمَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ تِلْكَ السَّاعَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِهَا قَالَ هِيَ آخِرُ سَاعَةٍ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ قَالَ لَا يُوَافِقُ مُؤْمِنٌ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي قَالَ أَمَا سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ انْتَظَرَ صَلَاةً فَهُوَ فِي صَلَاةٍ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ فَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ  

I was in the company of some persons, amongst whom some were the Companions of Allah's Apostle ﷺ in Medina, that there came a person whose face depicted the fear (of Allah). Some people said: He is a person from amongst the people of Paradise; he is a person from amongst the people of Paradise. He observed two short rak'ahs of prayer and then went out. I followed him and he got into his house and I also got in and we began to converse with each other. And when he became familiar (with me) I said to Him: When you entered (the mosque) before (your entrance in the house) a person said so and so (that you are amongst the people of Paradise), whereupon he said: It is not meet for anyone to say anything which he does not know. I shall (now) tell you why they (say) this. I saw a dream during the lifetime of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and narrated it to him. I seemed to be in a garden [he described its vastness, its rich fructification and its verdure]; in the midst of it, there stood an iron pillar, with its base in the earth and its summit in the sky: and upon its summit there was a handhold. It was said to me: Climb up this (pillar). I said to him (visitant in the dream): I am unable to do it. Thereupon a helper came to me, and he (supported) me (by catching hold of my) garment from behind and thus helped me with his hand and so I climbed up till I was at the summit of the pillar, and grasped the handhold. It was said to me: Ho d it tightly. It was at this that I woke up when (the handhold) was in fthe grip) of my hand. I narrated it (the dream) to Allah's Apostle ﷺ, whereupon he said: That garden implies al-Islam and that pillar implies the pillar of Islam. And that handhold is the firmest faith (as refered to in the Qur'an). And you will remain attached to Islam until you shall die. And that man was 'Abdullah b. Salim. (Using translation from Muslim 2484a)   

كُنْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فِي وَجْهِهِ أَثَرٌ مِنْ خُشُوعٍ فَدَخَلَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَأَوْجَزَ فِيهِمَا فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ هَذَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ اتَّبَعْتُهُ حَتَّى دَخَلَمَنْزِلَهُ فَدَخَلْتُ مَعَهُ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ فَلَمَّا اسْتَأْنَسَ قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ لَمَّا دَخَلْتَ قَبْلُ الْمَسْجِدَ قَالُوا كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ مَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ مَا لَا يَعْلَمُ وَسَأُحَدِّثُكَ لِمَ؟ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رُؤْيَايَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ رَأَيْتُ كَأَنِّي فِي رَوْضَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ فَذَكَرَ مِنْ خُضْرَتِهَا وَسَعَتِهَا وَسْطُهَا عَمُودُ حَدِيدٍ أَسْفَلُهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَأَعْلَاهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ فِي أَعْلَاهُ عُرْوَةٌ فَقِيلَ لِيَ اصْعَدْ عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ فَجَاءَنِي مِنْصَفٌ قَالَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ هُوَ الْوَصِيفُ فَرَفَعَ ثِيَابِي مِنْ خَلْفِي فَقَالَ اصْعَدْ عَلَيْهِ فَصَعِدْتُ حَتَّى أَخَذْتُ بِالْعُرْوَةِ فَقَالَ اسْتَمْسِكْ بِالْعُرْوَةِ فَاسْتَيْقَظْتُ وَإِنَّهَا لَفِي يَدِي قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَمَّا الرَّوْضَةُ فَرَوْضَةُ الْإِسْلَامِ وَأَمَّا الْعَمُودُ فَعَمُودُ الْإِسْلَامِ وَأَمَّا الْعُرْوَةُ فَهِيَ الْعُرْوَةُ الْوُثْقَى أَنْتَ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ حَتَّى تَمُوتَ قَالَ وَهُوَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ  

[Machine] We were discussing among ourselves which one of us would go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ask him which deeds are most beloved to Allah. None of us stood up, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a man to us. He gathered us together and recited to us the entire Surah As-Saff.  

تَذَاكَرْنَا أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَيَسْأَلَهُ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ؟ فَلَمْ يَقُمْ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا فَجَمَعَنَا فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ يَعْنِي سُورَةَ الصَّفِّ كُلَّهَا  

[Machine] We were sitting together and asked each other, "Which one of us will go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ask him which deeds are most beloved to Allah?" We agreed that one of us would go, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a man to us. He came to us individually and then gathered us together. Some of us started pointing at each other. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then recited to us the verse from Surah Ghafir, "Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High" until the verse "Has become great hatred from Allah." (Quran 40:35) He recited it from the beginning to the end. He then recited it to us again, but this time Ibn Salam recited it from the beginning to the end. Then Ata ibn Yasar recited it from the beginning to the end, followed by Hilal, who also recited it from the beginning to the end. Al-Awza'i then recited it to us again, this time reciting it from the beginning to the end.  

تَذَاكَرْنَا بَيْنَنَا قُلْنَا أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَيَسْأَلَهُ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ؟ وَهِبْنَا أَنْ يَقُومَ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ فَأَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَيْنَا رَجُلًا رَجُلًا حَتَّى جَمَعَنَا فَجَعَلَ بَعْضُنَا يُشِيرُ إِلَى بَعْضٍ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ {سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِنْدَ اللهِ} [غافر 35] قَالَ فَتَلَاهَا مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ فَتَلَاهَا عَلَيْنَا ابْنُ سَلَامٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ فَتَلَاهَا عَلَيْنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ يَحْيَى فَتَلَاهَا عَلَيْنَا هِلَالٌ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ فَتَلَاهَا عَلَيْنَا يَحْيَى مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا  

“I came to Al-Madinah and sat with some old men in the mosque of the Prophet ﷺ. Then an old man came, leaning on his stick, and the people said: ‘Whoever would like to look at a man from among the people of Paradise, let him look at this man.’ He stood behind a pillar and prayed two Rak’ah. I got up and went to him, and said to him: ‘Some of the people said such and such.’ He said: ‘Praise is to Allah. Paradise belongs to Allah and He admits whomsoever He wills to it. At the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ I saw a dream in which a man came to me and said: “Let’s go.” So I went with him and he took me along a great road. A road was shown to me on the left and I wanted to follow it, but he said: “You are not one of its people.” Then a road was shown to me on the right, and I followed him until I reached a slippery mountain. He took me by the hand and helped me up. When I reached the top I could not stand firm. There was an iron pillar there with a golden ring at the top. He took my hand and helped me up until I reached the handhold, then he said: “Have you gotten a firm hold?” I said: “Yes.” Then he struck the pillar with his foot and I held tight to the pillar. I told this to the Prophet ﷺ and he said: "You have seen something good. The great road is the plain of gathering (on the Day of Resurrection). The road that you were shown on your left is the way of the people of Hell, and you are not one of its people. The road which you were shown on your right is the way of the people of Paradise. The slippery mountain is the place of the martyrs, and the handhold that you held on tight to is the handhold of Islam. Hold on tight to it until you die." I hope to be one of the people of Paradise,' and he was 'Abdullah bin Salam." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3920)  

قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى شِيَخَةٍ فِي مَسْجِدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَاءَ شَيْخٌ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى عَصًا لَهُ فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا فَقَامَ خَلْفَ سَارِيَةٍ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ الْجَنَّةُ لِلَّهِ ﷻ يُدْخِلُهَا مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رُؤْيَا رَأَيْتُ كَأَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَانِي فَقَالَ انْطَلِقْ فَذَهَبْتُ مَعَهُ فَسَلَكَ بِي مَنْهَجًا عَظِيمًا فَعَرَضَتْ لِي طَرِيقٌ عَنْ يَسَارِي فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَسْلُكَهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَتْ لِي طَرِيقٌ عَنْ يَمِينِي فَسَلَكْتُهَا حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى جَبَلٍ زَلِقٍ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَزَجَلَ بِي فَإِذَا أَنَا عَلَى ذُرْوَتِهِ فَلَمْ أَتَقَارَّ وَلَا أَتَمَاسَكْ فَإِذَا عَمُودٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ فِي ذُرْوَتِهِ حَلْقَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَزَجَلَ بِي حَتَّى أَخَذْتُ بِالْعُرْوَةِ فَقَالَ اسْتَمْسِكْ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَضَرَبَ الْعَمُودَ بِرِجْلِهِ فَاسْتَمْسَكْتُ بِالْعُرْوَةِ فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَأَيْتَ خَيْرًا أَمَّا الْمَنْهَجُ الْعَظِيمُ فَالْمَحْشَرُ وَأَمَّا الطَّرِيقُ الَّتِيعَرَضَتْ عَنْ يَسَارِكَ فَطَرِيقُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَلَسْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا وَأَمَّا الطَّرِيقُ الَّتِي عَرَضَتْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ فَطَرِيقُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَأَمَّا الْجَبَلُ الزَّلِقُ فَمَنْزِلُ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَأَمَّا الْعُرْوَةُ الَّتِي اسْتَمْسَكْتَ بِهَا فَعُرْوَةُ الْإِسْلَامِ فَاسْتَمْسِكْ بِهَا حَتَّى تَمُوتَ قَالَ فَأَنَا أَرْجُو أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ وَإِذَا هُوَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ  

[Machine] "And I narrated to him from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until we came to the mention of Friday. So, I told him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Verily, there is an hour on Friday, no Muslim asks Allah for any good during it except that He gives it to him.' Ka'ab said: 'May Allah and His Messenger testify to the truth, it is once every year.' I said: 'No.' Ka'ab looked at me at that moment and said: 'May Allah and His Messenger testify to the truth, it is once every month.' I said: 'No.' Then, he looked at me a moment and said: 'May Allah and His Messenger testify to the truth, it is once every Friday.' I said: 'Yes.' Ka'ab said: 'Do you know which hour it is?' I said: 'Which hour is it?' He said: 'It is the time when Allah created Adam and when the Hour will be established. The creations are terrified during it, except for the Jinn and humans, out of fear of the Resurrection.' Then, I hastened to reach Madinah and informed Abdullah bin Salam about Ka'ab's statement. He said: 'Ka'ab has lied.' I said: 'Verily, he returned to my statement.' Abdullah bin Salam said: 'Do you know which hour it is?' I said: 'No.' I kept asking him, 'Inform me, inform me.' He said: 'It is between `Asr and Maghrib.' I said: 'How so, when there is no prayer during that time?' He said: 'Did you not hear the Prophet ﷺ say: 'The servant is in prayer as long as he is waiting for the prayer in his place of prayer?''  

وَأُحَدِّثُهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا عَلَى ذِكْرِ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ سَاعَةً لَا يُوَافِقُهَا مُسْلِمٌ يَسْأَلُ اللهَ فِيهَا خَيْرًا إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُ فَقَالَ كَعْبٌ صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ هِيَ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ مَرَّةٌ قُلْتُ لَا فَنَظَرَ كَعْبٌ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ هِيَ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ مَرَّةٌ قُلْتُ لَا فَنَظَرَ سَاعَةً فَقَالَ صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فِي كُلِّ جُمُعَةٍ مَرَّةٌ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ كَعْبٌ أَتَدْرِي أَيُّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ؟ قُلْتُ وَأَيُّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ؟ قَالَ فِيهِ خَلَقَ اللهُ آدَمَ وَفِيهِ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ وَالْخَلَائِقُ فِيهِ مُصِيخَةٌ إِلَّا الثَّقَلَيْنِ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ خَشْيَةَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَقَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَخْبَرْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ سَلَامٍ بِقَوْلِ كَعْبٍ فَقَالَ كَذَبَ كَعْبٌ قُلْتُ إِنَّهُ قَدْ رَجَعَ إِلَى قَوْلِي فَقَالَ أَتَدْرِي أَيُّ سَاعَةٍ هِيَ؟ قُلْتُ لَا وَتَهَالَكْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَخْبِرْنِي أَخْبِرْنِي فَقَالَ هِيَ فِيمَا بَيْنَ الْعَصْرِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ وَلَا صَلَاةَ؟ قَالَ أَمَا سَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا يَزَالُ الْعَبْدُ فِي صَلَاةٍ مَا كَانَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ يَنْتَظِرُ الصَّلَاةَ