(1) This occurs at the very first indication of the sun’s decline (zawal); that, says Abu al-Hasan al-Sindi in his commentary on Sunan Ibn Majah, is what is meant here. (2) See Ibn Hajar, Talkhis al-Habir, 4/580. He is alluding to the marfu (prophetic) hadith of Abu Hurayra: “man ightasala yawma al-jumuʿa ghusla al-janaba thumma raaha fa-ka-annama qarraba badana … ; wa-man raaha fi al-saʿa al-khamsa fa-ka-annama qarraba bayda, fa-idha kharaja al-imam hadarat al-malaʾika yastamiʿuna al-dhikr” (Whoever bathes on Friday as he would for janaba, then sets out early, it is as though he offered a camel … ; whoever sets out in the fifth hour, it is as though he offered an egg; when the imam comes out, the angels attend to listen to the remembrance). The report is also found in the Two Sahihs, but Ibn Hajar ascribes it solely to al-Nasaʾi because he entitled the chapter “Waqt al-Jumuʿa” (The Time of the Friday Prayer), whereas the other compilers placed it under the virtues of Friday and similar headings. Al-Sindi disputes Ibn Hajar’s statement that the imam emerges after the sixth hour, observing that