was seated: We indeed find in the Book of Allah that on Friday there is an hour during which, if a believing servant prays and asks Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, for anything, Allah (1) fulfils his need. ‘Abdullāh said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured to me, saying, “Or part of an hour.” I replied: You have spoken the truth, O Messenger of Allah (2)—or part of an hour. I asked: Which hour is it? He said, “The last hour of the day.” I said: That is not a time for prayer. He replied, “Indeed it is. When a believing servant prays and then remains seated, with nothing keeping him seated (3) except prayer, he is still in prayer.”
In Ahmad’s Musnad (4), Abū Hurayrah narrated: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: Why was Friday given this name? He replied, “Because on it the clay of your father Adam was formed; on it will occur the stunning blast and the resurrection, and on it will occur the mighty seizure. Among its last three hours is an hour during which whoever supplicates to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will have his supplication answered.”
In the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī and al-Nasā’ī (5), Abū Salamah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahmān narrated from Abū Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “The best day to witness the rising of