Reply to the fourth point: establishing that the Friday prayer has two time-slots.

4 – The Prophetic adhān has two distinct times:

• The first is immediately after the sun passes the meridian and when the preacher mounts the pulpit.

• The second is before the meridian, likewise when the preacher mounts the pulpit. This is the position of Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal d. [241] AH and others.

As for the first, its proof is the previously cited report of al-Sāʾib: “The adhān was first pronounced when he sat on the pulpit, and when the prayer was about to commence.”

This text is explicit that the adhān coincided with the very moment the cause for the prayer arose—namely, the sun’s passing the meridian—as already explained, while the imam was seated on the pulpit at that time. Supporting this are several other ḥadiths that are “not yet fully examined.”

A – From Saʿd al-Qaraz, the Prophet’s muʾadhin, who used to give the Friday adhān in the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when the shadow measured