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.  

سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ الْكُوفَةِ يَقُولُ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ غَدَتِ الشَّيَاطِينُ بِرَايَاتِهَا إِلَى الأَسْوَاقِ فَيَرْمُونَ النَّاسَ بِالتَّرَابِيثِ أَوِ الرَّبَائِثِ وَيُثَبِّطُونَهُمْ عَنِ الْجُمُعَةِ وَتَغْدُو الْمَلاَئِكَةُ فَيَجْلِسُونَ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَيَكْتُبُونَ الرَّجُلَ مِنْ سَاعَةٍ وَالرَّجُلَ مِنْ سَاعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ الإِمَامُ فَإِذَا جَلَسَ الرَّجُلُ مَجْلِسًا يَسْتَمْكِنُ فِيهِ مِنَ الاِسْتِمَاعِ وَالنَّظَرِ فَأَنْصَتَ وَلَمْ يَلْغُ كَانَ لَهُ كِفْلاَنِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ فَإِنْ نَأَى وَجَلَسَ حَيْثُ لاَ يَسْمَعُ فَأَنْصَتَ وَلَمْ يَلْغُ كَانَ لَهُ كِفْلٌ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَإِنْ جَلَسَ مَجْلِسًا يَسْتَمْكِنُ فِيهِ مِنَ الاِسْتِمَاعِ وَالنَّظَرِ فَلَغَا وَلَمْ يُنْصِتْ كَانَ لَهُ كِفْلٌ مِنْ وِزْرٍ وَمَنْ قَالَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ لِصَاحِبِهِ صَهْ فَقَدْ لَغَا وَمَنْ لَغَا فَلَيْسَ لَهُ فِي جُمُعَتِهِ تِلْكَ شَىْءٌ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ فِي آخِرِ ذَلِكَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ  

On Friday, the devils emerge to try to push the people to the markets, and they have banners with them. The angels sit at the doors of the mosques, writing down peopleʿs names according to their status: the one who comes early, the one who prays, and the one who comes after him, until the imam comes out. Whoever is close to the imam and is silent or listens, and does not engage in idle talk, will have a twofold reward. The one who is further away from the imam but is silent or listens, and does not engage in idle talk will have one reward. The one who is close to the imam but engages in idle talk and does not keep silent or listen will have a twofold burden of sin. The one who is further away from the imam and engages in idle talk and does not keep silent and listen will have one burden of sin. And the one who says, Be quiet, has spoken, and the one who speaks has no Jumu’ah. Then he said: This is what I heard from your Prophet ﷺ say.  

إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ خَرَجَ الشَّيَاطِينُ يُرَبِّثُونَ النَّاسَ إِلَى أَسْوَاقِهِمْ وَمَعَهُمُ الرَّايَاتُ وَتَقْعُدُ الْمَلائِكَةُ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْمَسَاجِدِ يَكْتُبُونَ النَّاسَ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَنَازِلِهِمْ السَّابِقَ وَالْمُصَلِّيَ وَالَّذِي يَلِيهِ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ الْإِمَامُ فَمَنْ دَنَا مِنَ الْإِمَامِ فَأَنْصَتَ وَاسْتَمَعَ وَلَمْ يَلْغُ كَانَ لَهُ كِفْلانِ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ وَمَنْ نَأَى عَنْهُ فَاسْتَمَعَ وَأَنْصَتَ وَلَمْ يَلْغُ كَانَ لَهُ كِفْلٌ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ وَمَنْ دَنَا مِنَ الْإِمَامِ فَلَغَا وَلَمْ يُنْصِتْ وَلَمْ يَسْتَمِعْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ كِفْلانِ مِنَ الْوِزْرِ وَمَنْ نَأَى عَنْهُ فَلَغَا وَلَمْ يُنْصِتْ وَلَمْ يَسْتَمِعْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ كِفْلٌ مِنَ الْوِزْرِ وَمَنْ قَالَ صَهٍ فَقَدْ تَكَلَّمَ وَمَنْ تَكَلَّمَ فَلا جُمُعَةَ لَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّكُمْ  

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  

"عَنْ مَوْلَى أُمِّ عُثْمَانَ قَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ عَلِيّا عَلَى مِنْبَرِ الكُوفَةِ يَقُولُ: إِذَا كانَ يَوْمُ الجُمُعَةِ غدَتِ الشَّيَاطِينُ بِرَايَاتِهَا إِلى الأسْوَاقِ فَيرْمُونَ الناسَ بِالتَّرابِيثِ أَو الرَّبائِثِ، ويُذكِّرُونَهُمُ الحَوَائجَ ويُثبِّطونَهُم عن الجمعة، وَتَغْدُو المَلاَئِكَةُ بِرَايَاتِهَا فَتَجْلِسُ عَلَى أبْوَابِ المَسَاجِدِ فَيَكْتُبُون الرَّجُلَ مِنْ سَاعَة، وَالرجلَ مِنْ سَاعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ الإِمَامُ، فَإِذَا جَلَسَ الرَّجُلُ مَجْلِسًا يَسْتمْكِنُ فِيه مِنَ الاسْتِمَاعِ والنَّظَرِ فَأَنْصَتَ وَلَمْ يَلغُ، كَانَ لَهُ كِفْلاَنِ منَ الأجْرِ، وَإِذَا جَلَسَ مَجْلِسًا فَنَأىَ وَأَنْصَتَ وَلَمْ يَلغُ كَانَ لَهُ كفْل مِنْ أَجْرٍ، وَإنْ جَلَسَ مَجْلِسًا يَسْتَمْكِنُ فِيهِ مِنَ الاِستْمِاعِ وَالنَّظَرِ فَلَغَا وَلَمْ يُنْصِتْ كَانَ لَهُ كِفْل مِنْ وِزْرٍ، وَمَنْ قَالَ يَوْمَ الجمعَةِ لِصَاحِبِهِ: صَهْ فَقَدْ لَغَا، ومن لغا فَلَيْسَ فِى جُمُعَتِهِ تِلكَ شئ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ فِى آخِرِ ذَلِكَ: سَمِعْتُ رسُولَ الله ﷺ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ".