363 – Sahl ibn Saʿd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “We would not take our midday rest, nor would we eat lunch, until after Jumuʿah.” Agreed upon; this is Muslim’s wording. In another narration: “during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”⦗1⦘

Glossary of ḥadith terms
• naqīlu: from qaylūlah (also called qāʾilah). The verb qāla (pattern faʿala) refers to the half-day rest. Allah the Exalted says: “The companions of Paradise, that Day, will have a better abode and a fairer place of repose.” (Q 25:24). Ibn Juzayy remarks that the word is a noun of place formed from “sleep at the time of qāʾilah.” Although there is no sleep in Paradise, the verse employs language Arabs associate with relaxation at that hour.
• nataghaddā: with ghayn and an unpointed dāl, from ghadāʾ—the meal eaten early or mid-morning.

Points derived from the two hadiths
1 – Hadith no. 362 explicitly shows that the Prophet ﷺ sometimes led the Friday prayer after the sun had passed the zenith, and at other times they would finish the two sermons, the prayer, and its related sunnahs while the walls still offered no shade. This two-fold description by the narrator indicates that on some occasions they prayed before the zenith and on others after it.
2 – Hadith no. 363 states plainly that they would not take their midday rest or lunch until after the Friday prayer, which points to their praying it before the zenith, because the qaylūlah