the sun is Friday. On it Adam was created, on it he was sent down, on it his repentance was accepted, on it he died, and on it the Hour will come. Every creature, except jinn and humans, listens attentively on Friday from daybreak until sunrise, fearing the Hour. On it there is an hour during which, if a Muslim servant is praying and asks Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, for something he needs, He grants it to him.”

Ka‘b asked, “Is that one day each year?” I replied, “Rather, it is every Friday.” He said: Ka‘b then read the Torah and said, “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has spoken the truth.”

Abū Hurayrah said: Then I met ‘Abdullāh ibn Salām and told him about my meeting with Ka‘b. ‘Abdullāh ibn Salām said, “I know which hour it is.” Abū Hurayrah said: I replied, “Tell me which it is.” ‘Abdullāh ibn Salām said, “It is the last hour of Friday.” I asked, “How can it be the last hour of Friday, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘If a Muslim servant encounters it while praying,’ yet no prayer is offered at that hour?” ‘Abdullāh ibn Salām replied, “Did not the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say, ‘Whoever sits waiting for prayer is in prayer until he prays’?” He said: I replied, “Yes.” He said (1), “That is what is meant.”

Al-Tirmidhī said: This is a good and authentic hadith. Part of it is found in the two Sahīh collections (2).

As for those who say that it extends from when he begins (3) the sermon until he finishes the prayer, they cited what Muslim narrated in his Sahīh (4) from Abū Burdah ibn Abī Mūsā al-Ash‘arī, who said: ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar said, “Did you hear your father narrate from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)