The hour in which buying and selling are disliked

Kulthum bin Jabr said: Muslim bin Yasar said to me: On Friday, when you see that half the day has passed, do not buy anything.

Ibn Abi Dhi'b said: Umar bin Abd al-Aziz used to forbid people from buying and selling after the adhan of the Jumu'ah.

Al-Dahhak said: On Friday, when the sun passes its zenith, buying and selling become forbidden until the prayer has been performed.

Ata and al-Hasan also said the same.

Abu al-Miqdam, the freed slave of Quraysh, said: Once al-Qasim bin Muhammad bought something from a man on Friday. Later he met him and said to him: Cancel this sale of mine, for I think I bought that item after the sun had passed its zenith.

Mujahid, or someone else, said: Whoever makes a sale after the sun has passed its zenith on Friday, his sale is rejected, because Allah Almighty has forbidden selling after the adhan of the Jumu'ah. (Sufyan was unsure whether it was Mujahid or someone else.)

Burd said: I asked al-Zuhri: When do buying and selling become forbidden on Friday? He said: The adhan used to be given when the imam came out. Then Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) added a third adhan, after which the adhan began to be given at al-Zawra' (a place in the market of Madinah) to gather the people, so that the people would assemble. In my view, buying and selling should be abandoned at that time.

Maymun said: It was the practice of the people of Madinah that when the muezzin gave the call to prayer on Friday, people would announce in the markets: "Selling has become forbidden, selling has become forbidden."

Al-Sha'bi said, concerning the hour of acceptance on Friday, that it is the time between when selling becomes forbidden and when it becomes lawful again.