362 – Salama ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “We would perform the Friday prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then walk back while the walls still offered no shade to shelter in.” Agreed upon; this is al-Bukhārī’s wording.
In Muslim’s wording: “We used to hold Jumuʿah with him as soon as the sun passed the zenith; then we would return, following the newly forming shade.”⦗1⦘
Glossary of ḥadith terms
• al-ḥīṭān: plural of ḥāʾiṭ. Al-Miṣbāḥ explains that ḥāʾiṭ means “wall”; its plural is judur, like kitāb/ kutub. Pronouncing the dāl in jadr as silent is a dialectal variant; another plural is judrān.
• nujammʿu: with ḍamma on the nūn, fatḥa on the jīm, tashdīd on the mīm, then a plain ʿayn – “we pray Jumuʿah.”
• nattabaʿu: from tattabbuʿ – “we search for” or “we seek.”
• fayʾ: the shadow that appears after the sun begins to decline, a more specific form of shade.