Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 5596 — Friday when the imam delays it until

Abd al-Wahid bin Sabrah says: Salim once told al-Qasim bin Muhammad: When our governor came to us and led us in the Friday prayer, he kept speaking and reading out letters for so long that the time of the Friday prayer passed, yet he did not come down to lead the prayer. On hearing this, al-Qasim said to him: Then did you not stand up and offer your prayer? Salim said: No, by Allah! I feared that people would say that a man from the family of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) had done such a thing. He asked: Did you not pray sitting? Salim said: No. Al-Qasim asked: Did you not pray even by gestures? He said: No. Then Salim related that he kept speaking and reading letters until the time of the Asr prayer also passed, yet he did not come down to lead the prayer. Al-Qasim asked him: Did you not get up and pray? He said: No. Al-Qasim asked: Did you not pray even sitting? He said: No. Al-Qasim asked: Did you not pray even by gestures? He said: No.