378 – Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned Friday and said, “On that day there is an hour during which no Muslim servant happens to coincide with it while he is standing in prayer, asking Allah for something, without Allah granting it to him.” He then gestured with his hand to indicate how brief it is. Agreed upon.

In Muslim’s version: “It is a fleeting hour.” (1)

Glosses on the ḥadith
• lâ yuwâfiquhâ – “does not coincide with it”; the wording is broader than deliberate intent, for it covers both purposeful seeking of the hour and happening upon it by chance.
• wa-huwa qâʾim – a nominal clause functioning as a circumstantial qualifier (ḥâl) of the subject. It is worded according to what commonly occurs, so no contrary implication is taken from it.
• yuṣallî and yasʾal – two further circumstantial clauses, either successive or overlapping. They cannot serve as adjectives of “Muslim,” for “Muslim” itself qualifies “ʿabd,” and once an indefinite noun is modified it assumes the force of a definite; sentences do not act as adjectives of a definite noun, but when they follow it they are taken as ḥâl.
• shayʾan – anything befitting a Muslim to ask of Allah.
• yuqalliluhâ – another circumstantial clause. The verb means “to make small,” the opposite of “to magnify,” signifying that the time span is short. The Arabic word sâʿah can designate a specific unit of time or any undefined portion thereof.