Those who used to say: when the imam is giving the sermon, do not pray

Mujahid, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Ata considered it disliked to pray during the Friday sermon.

Something similar is reported from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).

Ata said that they used to consider it disliked to pray while the imam is delivering the sermon on Friday.

Ibn Sirin said: When the imam comes out for the sermon, there is no prayer until he finishes.

Isma'il bin Abi Khalid said: Once I saw Shurayh enter the mosque on Friday through the gates of Kindah and sit down; he did not pray anything.

Urwah said: When the imam sits on the pulpit, there is no prayer.

Al-Zuhri said, concerning a man who comes on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon: He should sit down and not pray.

Ibn Awn said: During the imam's sermon, Ibn Sirin would come and sit down, and he would not pray.

Tha'labah bin Abi Malik al-Qurazi said: I lived in the time of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). Our practice in their time was that when the imam came out for Jumu'ah, we would stop praying.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: The coming out of the imam cuts off the prayer.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) considered it disliked to pray and to talk after the imam had come out.

Al-Sha'bi said: Shurayh would come on Friday; if the imam had not yet come, he would pray two rak'ahs, and if the imam had come, he would sit down, wrap his arms around his knees, and sit facing the imam in such a way that he did not turn to the right or the left at all.