“We were with Ibn ‘Umar on a journey,and he led us in prayer. Then we finished with him and he finishedturning around, and saw some people praying. He said: ‘What arethese people doing?’ I said: ‘Glorifying Allah.’* He said: ‘IfI wanted to glorify Allah (perform voluntary prayer) I would havecompleted my prayer. O son of my brother! I accompanied the Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) and he never prayed more than two Rak’ah when he wastraveling, until Allah took his soul. Then I accompanied Abu Bakr andhe never prayed more than two Rak’ah (when he was traveling), untilAllah took his soul. Then I accompanied ‘Umar and he never prayedmore than two Rak’ah, until Allah took his soul. Then I accompanied‘Uthman and he never prayed more than two Rak’ah, until Allahtook his soul. Allah says: ‘Indeed in the Messenger of Allah(Muhammad (ﷺ)) you have a good example to follow.’” [33:21]* Meaning, they were offering voluntary prayer.

“I askedSa’ib bin Yazid: ‘What have you heard about staying in Makkah?’Hesaid: ‘I heard ‘Ala’ bin Hadrami say: “The Prophet (ﷺ)said: ‘Three(days) for the Muhajir after departing (from Mina).’”** The meaning of it is: being hished from the rites (of Hajj).

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)stayed for nineteen days in which he shortened his prayer to twoRak’ah. So, whenever we stayed for nineteen days we would shortenourprayer to two Rak’ah, but if we stayed more than that we wouldprayfour Rak’ah.”

It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)stayedin Makkah for fifteen nights during the year of the Conquest,(duringwhich time) he shortened his prayer.

“There isnothing standing between a person and Shirk (polytheism)exceptleaving the prayer, so if he leaves it he has committed Shirk.”

“Bath on Fridays is obligatory for every male who hasreached the age of puberty.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘Whoever performs ablution and performs ablution well, thencomes to Friday (prayer) and sits near (the Imam), and keeps quietandlistens, he will be forgiven for what was between that and theprevious Friday (of sins), and three days more. And whoever touchesthe pebbles then he has engaged in Laghw (idle talk or behaviour).”

“Whoeverperforms ablution on Friday, it is well and good for him, andhe hasdone what is obligatory for him. But whoever takes a bath, bathisbetter.”

“I went out with ‘Abdullah toFriday (prayer), and he found three men who arrived before him. Hesaid: ‘The fourth of four, and the fourth of four is not far away.Iheard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “On the Day ofResurrectionpeople will gather near Allah according to how earlythey came toFriday (prayer), the first, second, and third.’”Then he said: ‘Thefourth of four, and the fourth of four is notfar away.’”

“There is nothingwrong with anyone of you buying two garments for Friday (prayer),other than his daily work clothes.”(Another chain) from Yusuf bin Abdullah bin Salam that his father said: "The Prophet delivered a sermon to us" and he mentioned that.

“While he was standing.”

“I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) delivering the sermon on the pulpit,wearing a black turban.”

“I heard Jabir bin Samurahsay:‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to deliver the sermonstanding,but he used to sit down briefly, then stand up.’”

“Ifyou sayto your companions: ‘Be quiet’ on a Friday while the Imam isdelivering the sermon, you have engaged in Laghw (idle talk orbehaviour).”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) recited Tabarak [Al-Mulk (67)] one Friday, while he wasstandingand reminding us of the Days of Allah (i.e., preaching tous). AbuDarda’ or Abu Dharr raised an eyebrow at me and said:‘When was thisSurah revealed? For I have not heard it before now.’He (Ubayy)gestured to him that he should remain silent. When theyfinished, hesaid: ‘I asked you when this Surah was revealed andyou did not answerme.” Ubayy said: ‘You have gained nothing fromyour prayer todayexcept the idle talk that you engaged in.’ Hewent to the Prophet(ﷺ) and told him about that, and what Ubayy hadsaid to him. TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Ubayy spoke thetruth.’”

“A man entered the mosque whentheProphet (ﷺ) was delivering the sermon. He said: ‘Have youprayed?’ He said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘Then pray two Rak’ah.’”

“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever steps over the people’snecks on Friday has built a bridge to Hell.’”

It wasnarrated from Anas bin Malik that the people used to speak totheProphet (ﷺ) about their needs when he came down from the pulpitonFriday.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘Whoever catches one Rak’ah of prayer, he has caught it.’”

“Whoever abandons Friday (prayer) three times,neglecting it, a seal will be placed over his heart.”