I went to Mount Tur and found Kaab there. He and I spent a day together, with me telling him about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and him telling me about the Torah.I said to him, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday. On it Adam was created, on it he was sent down to earth, on it his repentance was accepted, on it he died, and on it the Hour will be established. There is no creature on earth that does not listen attentively from the morning of Friday until the sun rises, fearing the Hour, except for the son of Adam. In it there is an hour during which no believer asks Allah for anything while he is praying, except that Allah grants it to him.'"Kaab said, "That is one day in every year."I said, "No, it is in every Friday."So Kaab read the Torah, then said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke the truth. It is in every Friday."Then I went out and met Basra bin Abu Basra al-Ghifari. He asked, "Where have you come from?"I said, "From Mount Tur."He said, "Had I met you before you went there, you would not have gone."I asked him, "Why?"He replied, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Do not set out on a journey except to three mosques, the Sacred Mosque, my mosque, and the Mosque of Jerusalem.'"Then I met Abdullah bin Salam and said to him, "If only you had seen me. I went out to Mount Tur and met Kaab. He and I spent a day together, with me telling him about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and him telling me about the Torah. I said to him, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday. On it Adam was created, on it he was sent down to earth, on it his repentance was accepted, on it he died, and on it the Hour will be established. There is no creature on earth that does not listen attentively from the morning of Friday until the sun rises, fearing the Hour, except for the son of Adam. In it there is an hour during which no believing servant asks Allah for anything while he is praying, except that Allah grants it to him."' Kaab said, 'That is one day in every year.'"Abdullah bin Salam said, "Kaab is mistaken."I said, "Then Kaab read the Torah and said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke the truth. It is in every Friday.'"Abdullah said, "Kaab is correct. I know exactly when that hour is."I said, "My brother, tell me about it."He said, "It is the last hour of Friday before the sun sets."I said, "But did you not hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'No believer encounters it while he is praying'? And there is no prayer at that hour."He replied, "Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever prays and then sits waiting for the next prayer remains in prayer until the prayer he is awaiting comes'?"I said, "Yes."He said, "Then it is exactly like that."
أخبرنا قتيبة قال حدثنا بكر يعني ابن مضر عن ابن الهاد عن محمد بن إبراهيم عن أبي سلمة بن عبد الرحمن
أتيت الطور فوجدت ثم كعبا فمكثت أنا وهو يوما أحدثه عن رسول الله ﷺ ويحدثني عن التوراة فقلت له قال رسول الله ﷺ خير يوم طلعت فيه الشمس يوم الجمعة فيه خلق آدم وفيه أهبط وفيه تيب عليه وفيه قبض وفيه تقوم الساعة ما على الأرض من دابة إلا وهي تصبح يوم الجمعة مصيخة حتى تطلع الشمس شفقا من الساعة إلا ابن آدم وفيه ساعة لا يصادفها مؤمن وهو في الصلاة يسأل الله فيها شيئا إلا أعطاه إياه فقال كعب ذلك يوم في كل سنة فقلت بل هي في كل جمعة فقرأ كعب التوراة ثم قال صدق رسول الله ﷺ هو في كل جمعة فخرجت فلقيت بصرة بن أبي بصرة الغفاري فقال من أين جئت قلت من الطور قال لو لقيتك من قبل أن تأتيه لم تأته قلت له ولم قال إني سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول لا تعمل المطي إلا إلى ثلاثة مساجد المسجد الحرام ومسجدي ومسجد بيت المقدس فلقيت عبد الله بن سلام فقلت لو رأيتني خرجت إلى الطور فلقيت كعبا فمكثت أنا وهو يوما أحدثه عن رسول الله ﷺ ويحدثني عن التوراة فقلت له قال رسول الله ﷺ خير يوم طلعت فيه الشمس يوم الجمعة فيه خلق آدم وفيه أهبط وفيه تيب عليه وفيه قبض وفيه تقوم الساعة ما على الأرض من دابة إلا وهي تصبح يوم الجمعة مصيخة حتى تطلع الشمس شفقا من الساعة إلا ابن آدم وفيه ساعة لا يصادفها عبد مؤمن وهو في الصلاة يسأل الله شيئا إلا أعطاه إياه قال كعب ذلك يوم في كل سنة فقال عبد الله بن سلام كذب كعب قلت ثم قرأ كعب فقال صدق رسول الله ﷺ هو في كل جمعة فقال عبد الله صدق كعب إني لأعلم تلك الساعة فقلت يا أخي حدثني بها قال هي آخر ساعة من يوم الجمعة قبل أن تغيب الشمس فقلت أليس قد سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول لا يصادفها مؤمن وهو في الصلاة وليست تلك الساعة صلاة قال أليس قد سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول من صلى وجلس ينتظر الصلاة لم يزل في صلاته حتى تأتيه الصلاة التي تلاقيها قلت بلى قال فهو كذلك
[Its chain of transmission is sahih] Abu Dawud narrated it, in the Book of Prayer, chapter on the merit of Friday and the night before Friday, hadith 1046, from the hadith of Yazid bin Abdullah bin Had, through him, and it is also in al-Kubra, hadith 1754. Tirmidhi said, hadith 491, "Hasan sahih." Ibn Khuzayma graded it sahih, hadith 1738, as did Ibn Hibban, hadith 1024, and Baghawi in Sharh al-Sunnah, and Hakim, 1/278, 279, on the condition of the two sheikhs, and Dhahabi agreed with him.