Azami 3330

Abu Yaala (2/187, hadith 886) narrated it, from Zuhayr, who said, Yazid bin Harun narrated to us, Sufyan bin Husayn narrated to us, from Hakam bin Utayba, and he mentioned the hadith. This isnad is sahih, and its narrators are all reliable to the last one. Busiri said, "Abu Yaala Mawsili narrated it, and its men are reliable." I say, Haythami missed this hadith, for I did not find it in the places one would expect it in his work.As for what is narrated from Zubayr bin Awwam, that he said, "We used to pray Friday prayer with the Prophet ﷺ, then we would leave and hurry to the palm groves, but we would not find shade to place our feet in," this is daif. Imam Ahmad (1411, 1436) and Ibn Khuzayma (1840) recorded it through the narration of Muslim bin Jundab, from Zubayr bin Awwam. But Muslim did not meet Zubayr. In another narration he said, "Someone who heard Zubayr narrated to me."Likewise, what is narrated from Abu Qatada, from the Prophet ﷺ, that he disliked prayer at midday except on Friday, and said, "Hell is stoked with fuel except on Friday," is not authentic. It is daif. Abu Dawud (1083) narrated it from Muhammad bin Isa, who said, Hassan bin Ibrahim narrated to us, from Layth, from Mujahid, from Abu Khalil, from Abu Qatada, and he mentioned the hadith. Abu Dawud said, "It is mursal, and Mujahid is older than Abu Khalil, and Abu Khalil did not hear from Abu Qatada." I say, it also contains Layth, who is Ibn Abu Salim, and he has confused narrations, as Imam Ahmad said, and his hadith is daif, as Abu Hatim said. In Taqrib it says, "Truthful, but his memory became mixed up later, and his narrations from before and after this could not be distinguished, so his hadith was abandoned."However, Bayhaqi (2/464), after transmitting the hadith through the route of Abu Dawud and transmitting his statement that it is mursal, said, "It has corroborating narrations, even though their chains are daif." He then mentioned among its corroborations the hadith of Abu Hurairah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade prayer at midday until the sun passes its zenith, except on Friday. He recorded it through the route of Shafii, who said, Ibrahim bin Muhammad informed us, from Ishaq bin Abdullah, from Saeed Maqburi, from Abu Hurairah, and he mentioned something similar.I say, it contains Ibrahim bin Muhammad, who is Ibn Abu Yahya, the teacher of Shafii, and he is extremely daif, indeed Ibn Main called him a liar. His teacher, Ishaq bin Abdullah, is Ibn Abu Farwa, about whom Abu Hatim, Abu Zura, Nasai, and Daraqutni said, "Discarded." Bukhari said, "They abandoned him."Bayhaqi then narrated the hadith of Abu Hurairah from another route with the wording, "It becomes forbidden, meaning prayer, when the day reaches its midpoint, except on Friday," with its chain going back to a sheikh from the people of Madinah called Abdullah, from Saeed, from Abu Hurairah. He then said, "It has also been narrated on this matter from Abu Saeed Khudri, Amr bin Abasa, and Ibn Umar, as marfu narrations. The reliance is on the fact that the Prophet ﷺ recommended coming early to the Friday prayer, and then encouraged prayer until the imam comes out, without any specification or exception. We will mention this, Allah willing, in the book of Friday prayer." He then said, "We have also transmitted the concession on this matter from Tawus and Makhul." End of quote.I say, this is the position of Shafii and those who agree with him, and it is the choice of Sheikh Islam Ibn Taymiya. Hafiz Ibn Qayyim said in Zad (1/378) that "it is not disliked to pray at the time of the sun's zenith according to Shafii, may Allah have mercy on him, and those who agree with him, and this is the choice of our sheikh Abu Abbas Ibn Taymiya. His reliance was not on the hadith of Layth, from Mujahid, from Abu Khalil, from Abu Qatada, from the Prophet ﷺ, that he disliked prayer at midday except on Friday. Rather, his reliance was on the fact that whoever comes to the Friday prayer is recommended to pray until the imam comes out. And in the sahih hadith, 'No man performs ghusl on Friday, purifies himself as much as he is able, applies his oil or perfumes himself with scent from his house, then goes out without pushing between two people, then prays whatever is decreed for him, then listens attentively when the imam speaks, except that he is forgiven for what is between him and the next Friday.' Bukhari narrated it. So he encouraged prayer for as much as is decreed for a person, and did not prevent him from it except at the time the imam comes out. This is why more than one of the early generations, among them Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, followed by Imam Ahmad, said, the imam's coming out prevents prayer, and his sermon prevents speech. So they made the preventing factor the imam's coming out, not the sun reaching its zenith. Furthermore, people are inside the masjid under its roof, and are not aware of when the sun reaches its zenith, and a man may be occupied with prayer, unaware of the time of the zenith, unable to go out, step over people's shoulders, look at the sun, and come back, nor is that prescribed for him." End of quote.