Sayyiduna Wathilah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A man asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "What is the matter with Friday, that the call to its prayer is given at midday, while this has been forbidden on other days?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty stokes Hell every day at midday, and He does not stoke it on Friday."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains a narrator, Bashir bin Awn. Ibn Hibban said: "He narrated one hundred hadiths, all of them fabricated."