Speaking when the imam has ascended the pulpit and is giving the sermon

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Once the imam has ascended the pulpit, it is idle talk even to say to the person sitting beside you, 'Be quiet.'

Ibrahim said: I asked Alqamah: When does talking become disliked on Friday? He said: When the imam ascends the pulpit, when the imam delivers the sermon, and when the imam speaks.

It is narrated from Ubaydullah bin Abdullah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever says to the person sitting beside him on Friday during the sermon, 'Be quiet,' has engaged in idle talk."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If you say to the person sitting beside you, "Be quiet," you have engaged in idle talk.

Tha'labah bin Abi Malik al-Qurazi said: I lived in the time of Sayyiduna Umar and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them both). When the imam came out on Friday we would stop praying, and when he spoke we would stop talking.

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

Ata said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to pray on Friday, but when the imam came out for the Jumu'ah he would not pray.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: The coming out of the imam cuts off prayer, and his speaking cuts off talk.

Maymun bin Mihran considered it disliked to talk during the sermon.

Al-Zuhri said: The coming out of the imam cuts off prayer, and his speaking cuts off talk.

Humayd bin Abd al-Rahman said: If, during the Friday sermon, someone says to his companion, "Be quiet," he has engaged in idle talk.

Alqamah bin Abdullah said: We came to Madinah on a Friday. I told my companions to set off, and I came to the mosque and sat down near Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). Then a man from among my companions came and began talking to me during the sermon, saying that we had done such and such. When he talked too much, I said to him, "Be quiet." When we had finished the prayer, I mentioned this to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). He said: "Your Jumu'ah did not count, and as for that companion of yours, he is a donkey."

Al-Sha'bi said: One of the two, Sayyiduna Abu Dharr or Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with them both), heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reciting a verse on the pulpit on Friday, and he asked his companion: "When was this verse revealed?" When they had finished the Jumu'ah prayer, Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Your Jumu'ah did not count." Then he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned this to him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Umar has spoken the truth."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever talks on Friday during the sermon is like a donkey carrying books, and the one who says, 'Be quiet,' his Jumu'ah does not count."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Once, on a Friday, Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said to a man: "Your prayer did not count." The man mentioned this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Sa'd told me that my prayer did not count." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Sa'd: "Why did you say that?" He replied: "He talked while you were delivering the sermon." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Sa'd is right."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever remains safe from three things during the Jumu'ah prayer, all his sins from this Jumu'ah back to the previous Jumu'ah are forgiven: first, committing an offence (hadath), by which he did not mean impurity from the belly; second, talking; and third, telling someone to be quiet.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If someone tells another to be quiet on Friday during the sermon, he has engaged in idle talk.