حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا
حَسَّانُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ
لَيْثٍ ، عَنْ
مُجَاهِدٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ ، عَنْ
أَبِي قَتَادَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " أَنَّهُ كَرِهَ الصَّلَاةَ نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ إِلَّا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ ، وَقَالَ : إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ تُسَجَّرُ إِلَّا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : هُوَ مُرْسَلٌ ، مُجَاهِدٌ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ، وَأَبُو الْخَلِيلِ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ .
Narrated Abu Qatadah: The Prophet ﷺ disapproved of the offering of prayer at the meridian except on Friday. The Hell-fire is kindled except on Friday. Abu Dawud said: This is a mursal tradition (i. e. the successor is narrating it directly from the Prophet). Mujahid is older than Abu al-Khalil, and Abu al-Khalil did not hear (any tradition from) Abu Qatadah.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1083. Commentary:
This narration is weak in its chain of transmission; therefore, it cannot be used as evidence to establish the permissibility of performing the Friday prayer exactly at the time of the sun's zenith (zawal) or before the zenith. Some scholars have adopted the position that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used to perform the Friday prayer immediately after the zenith, as will be made clear in the following narrations. See also: Sunan Abi Dawud, benefits of hadith [1277].
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1083