4. Friday Ṣalāh (Jumuʿah)
٤۔ كِتَابُ الْجُمُعَةِ
Ali said on the pulpit in the mosque of Kufah: When Friday comes, the devils go to the markets with their flags, and involve people in their needs and prevent them from the Friday prayer. The angels come early in the morning, sit at the door of the mosque, and record that so-and-so came at the first hour, and so-and-so came at the second hour until the imam comes out (for preaching). When a man sits in a place where he can listen (to the sermon) and look (at the imam), where he remains silent and does not interrupt, he will receive a double reward. If he stays away, sits in a place where he cannot listen (to the sermon), silent, and does not interrupt, he will receive the reward only once. If he sits in a place where he can listen (to the sermon) and look (at the imam), and he does not remain silent, he will have the burden of it. If anyone says to his companion sitting besides him to be silent (while the imam is preaching), he is guilty of idle talk. Anyone who interrupts (during the sermon) will receive nothing (no reward) on that Friday. Then he (the narrator) says in the end of this tradition: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say so. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by al-Walid b. Muslim from Ibn Jabir. This version adds: bi'l-raba'ith (instead of al-raba'ith, needs preventing the people from prayer). Further, this adds: Freed slave of his wife Umm 'Uthman b. 'Ata. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1051)
سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ غَدَتِ الشَّيَاطِينُ بِرَايَاتِهَا إِلَى الْأَسْوَاقِ يَأْخُذُونَ النَّاسَ الرَّبَائِثَ وَيُذَكِّرُونَهُمُ الْحَوَائِجَ وَيُثَبِّطُونَهُمْ عَنِ الْجُمُعَةِ وَتَغْدُو الْمَلَائِكَةُ بِرَايَاتِهَا إِلَى الْمَسَاجِدِ يَكْتُبُونَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ السَّاعَةَ الَّتِي جَاءَ فِيهَا فُلَانٌ جَاءَ مِنْ سَاعَةٍ فُلَانٌ مِنْ سَاعَتَيْنِ فَإِذَا الرَّجُلُ جَلَسَ مَجْلِسًا يَسْتَمْكِنُ فِيهِ مِنَ الِاسْتِمَاعِ وَالنَّظَرِ وَأَنْصَتَ وَلَمْ يَلْغُ كَانَ لَهُ كِفْلَانِ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ وَإِذَا جَلَسَ فِيهِ مَجْلِسًا فَنَأَى وَأَنْصَتَ وَلَمْ يَلْغُ كَانَ لَهُ كِفْلٌ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ وَمَنْ جَلَسَ مَجْلِسًا يَسْتَمْكِنُ فِيهِ مِنَ الِاسْتِمَاعِ وَالنَّظَرِ فَلَغَا وَلَمْ يُنْصِتْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ كِفْلَانِ أَوْ قَالَ كِفْلٌ مِنْ وِزْرٍ وَمَنْ قَالَ لِأَخِيهِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ صَهْ فَقَدْ لَغَا وَمَنْ لَغَا فَلَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ جَمَعْتِهِ شَيْءٌ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ فِي آخِرِ ذَلِكَ قَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ
[Machine] He hears in luck as the listener does. So when prayer starts, straighten the rows and align the shoulders, for the straightening of the rows is from completing the prayer. Then do not make the takbeer until men who have been delegated to ensure the straightening of the rows come to him and inform him that they are straight. Then he makes the takbeer.
يَسْمَعُ فِي الْحَظِّ مِثْلَ مَا لِلسَّامِعِ الْمُنْصِتِ فَإِذَا قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَاعْدِلُوا الصُّفُوفَ وَحَاذُوا بِالْمَنَاكِبِ فَإِنَّ اعْتِدَالَ الصُّفُوفِ مِنْ تَمَامِ الصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ لَا يُكَبِّرُ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ رِجَالٌ قَدْ وَكَّلَهُمْ بِتَسْوِيَةِ الصُّفُوفِ فَيُخْبِرُونَهُ أَنْ قَدِ اسْتَوَتْ فَيُكَبِّرُ
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