14 – Erecting black standards on the pulpit while the sermon is in progress. (al-Madkhal, 10/166)

15 – Draping the pulpits with curtains. (al-Sunan, 53)

16 – The imam’s habitual wearing of black on Fridays. (Iḥyāʾ, 1/162–165; al-Madkhal, 2/266; Sharḥ Shirʿat al-Islām, p. 140)

17 – Reserving the practice of leaning on a staff or similar object exclusively for the Friday prayer and the like.¹

18 – Putting on leather socks specifically for the sermon and the Friday prayer. (al-Madkhal, 2/266)

19 – The custom known as al-tarqiyah, in which someone recites the verse, “Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet…” ⦗Qur’an 33:56⦘.

20 – And then the hadith, “If you say to your companion…,” recited aloud after the verse.