at the meridian. Imru' al-Qays said (10): Do you go out in the evening from the tribe, or do you go early?
Our evidence is what Abu Hurayrah narrated, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Whoever performs ghusl on Friday like the ghusl for janabah, then goes in the first hour, it is as if he had offered a camel. Whoever goes in the second hour, it is as if he had offered a cow. Whoever goes in the third hour, it is as if he had offered a horned ram. Whoever goes in the fourth hour, it is as if he had offered a hen. And whoever goes in the fifth hour, it is as if he had offered an egg. When the Imam emerges, the angels attend to listen to the remembrance [the khutbah]." Muttafaq 'alayh (11). And in another wording: "When it is Friday, angels stand at every door of the mosque recording the first [to enter], then the next. When the Imam emerges,"
= the Book of Softening Hearts [Al-Riqaq]. Sahih al-Bukhari 4/20, 43, 8/110, 145. And Muslim, in: The Chapter on the Virtue of the Morning and Evening in the Path of Allah, from the Book of Leadership. Sahih Muslim 3/1499, 1500. And Al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on What Has Been Related Regarding the Virtue of the Morning and Evening in the Path of Allah, from the Chapters of Jihad. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 7/153. And Al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on the Virtue of a Morning in the Path of Allah the Almighty, from the Book of Jihad. Al-Mujtaba 6/14. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on the Virtue of the Morning and Evening in the Path of Allah the Almighty, and the Chapter on Seeing Off the Warriors and Bidding Them Farewell, from the Book of Jihad. Sunan Ibn Majah 2/921, 943. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 1/256, 3/132, 141, 153, 157, 207, 263, 433, 4/168, 5/266, 335, 337, 339, 6/401. (10) Diwan Imru' al-Qays 154, and it is the first hemistich of a verse whose second hemistich is: And what is it upon you to wait? (11) Recorded by Al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on the Virtue of Friday, from the Book of Friday. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/3. And Muslim, in: The Chapter on Perfume and the Siwak on Friday, from the Book of Friday. Sahih Muslim 2/582. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on Ghusl on Friday, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/85. And Al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on What Has Been Related Regarding Going Early to Friday Prayer, from the Chapters of Friday. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/286. And Al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on the Time of Friday, from the Book of Friday. Al-Mujtaba 3/80, 81. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on What Has Been Related Regarding Going Early to Friday Prayer, from the Book of Establishing Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/347. And Al-Darimi, in: The Chapter on the Virtue of Going Early to Friday Prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Darimi 1/362. And Imam Malik, in: The Chapter on the Practice of Ghusl on Friday, from the Book of Friday. Al-Muwatta 1/101. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 2/239, 259, 272, 280, 457, 460, 505, 512.
