The hour hoped for on Friday

Awf bin Hasirah says: The hour of acceptance on Friday is from when the imam comes out until the prayer is completed.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The hour of acceptance on Friday is from Asr until Maghrib.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) say: The hour of acceptance on Friday is from Asr until Maghrib.

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

Abu Burdah says: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) when someone asked him about the hour of acceptance on Friday. I said: It is the very time in which Allah Almighty has chosen the prayer. On hearing this, Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) passed his hand over my head, prayed for blessing for me, and approved of what I had said.

Abu Burdah says: The hour of acceptance on Friday is the time when the imam comes out.

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I hope that the hour of acceptance on Friday is one of these times: when the muezzin calls the adhan while the imam is on the pulpit, or at the time of the iqamah.

Al-Hasan says: The hour of acceptance on Friday is after the sun passes its zenith, in the time of the prayer.

Al-Sha'bi says: The hour of acceptance on Friday is between the time when selling becomes forbidden and the time when it becomes lawful.

Mujahid says: The hour of acceptance on Friday is the time after Asr.

Salamah bint Af'a says: I was with Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) among some women, and she was saying: Friday is like the Day of Arafah; in it there is an hour in which the doors of mercy are opened. We asked: Which hour is it? She said: When the muezzin calls the adhan.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: Friday is like the Day of Arafah; the doors of mercy are opened in it. In it there is an hour in which, whatever the servant asks of Allah Almighty, it is granted to him. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was asked: Which hour is it? She said: When the muezzin calls the adhan for Fajr.

Tawus says: The hour of acceptance on Friday is the time after Asr.