Volume 2, Book 13, Number 49:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 2 > BOOK 13: FRIDAY PRAYER
Once the Prophet ascended the pulpit and it was the last gathering in which he took part. He was
covering his shoulder with a big cloak and binding his head with an oily bandage. He glorified and
praised Allah and said, “O people! Come to me.” So the people came and gathered around him and he
then said, “Amma ba’du.” “From now onward the Ansar will decrease and other people will increase.
So anybody who becomes a ruler of the followers of Muhammad and has the power to harm or be –
nefit people then he should accept the good from the benevolent amongst them (Ansar) and overlook
the faults of their wrong-doers.”
Volume 2, Book 13, Number 50:
Narrated ‘Abdullah Ibn Umar:
The Prophet used to deliver two Khutbas and sit in between them
Volume 2, Book 13, Number 51:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “When it is a Friday, the angels stand at the gate of the mosque and keep on
writing the names of the persons coming to the mosque in succession according to their arrivals. The
example of the one who enters the mosque in the earliest hour is that of one offering a camel (in
sacrifice). The one coming next is like one offering a cow and then a ram and then a chicken and
then an egg respectively. When the Imam comes out (for Jumua prayer) they (i.e. angels) fold their
papers and listen to the Khutba.”
Volume 2, Book 13, Number 52:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
A person entered the mosque while the Prophet was delivering the Khutba on a Friday. The Proph –
et said to him, “Have you prayed?” The man replied in the negative. The Prophet said, “Get up and
pray two Rakat.”
V olume 2, Book 13, Number 53:
Narrated Jabir:
A man entered the Mosque while the Prophet was delivering the Khutba. The Prophet said to him,
“Have you prayed?” The man replied in the negative. The Prophet said, “Pray two Rakat.”
Volume 2, Book 13, Number 54:
Narrated Anas:
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 2 > BOOK 13: FRIDAY PRAYER
While the Prophet was delivering the Khutba on a Friday, a man stood up and said, “O, Allah’s
Apostle! The livestock and the sheep are dying, so pray to Allah for rain.” So he (the Prophet) raised
both his hands and invoked Allah (for it).
Volume 2, Book 13, Number 55:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Once in the lifetime of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) the people were afflicted with drought (famine).
While the Prophet was delivering the Khutba on a Friday, a Bedouin stood up and said, “O, Allah’s
Apostle! Our possessions are being destroyed and the children are hungry; Please invoke Allah (for
rain)”. So the Prophet raised his hands. At that time there was not a trace of cloud in the sky. By Him
in Whose Hands my soul is as soon as he lowered his hands, clouds gathered like mountains, and be –
fore he got down from the pulpit, I saw the rain falling on the beard of the Prophet. It rained that
day, the next day, the third day, the fourth day till the next Friday. The same Bedouin or another man
stood up and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! The houses have collapsed, our possessions and livestock have
been drowned; Please invoke Allah (to protect us)”. So the Prophet I raised both his hands and said,
“O Allah! Round about us and not on us”. So, in whatever direction he pointed with his hands, the
clouds dispersed and cleared away, and Medina’s (sky) became clear as a hole in between the clouds.
The valley of Qanat remained flooded, for one month, none came from outside but talked about the
abundant rain.
Volume 2, Book 13, Number 23:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
One of the wives of Umar (bin Al-Khattab) used to offer the Fajr and the ‘Isha’ prayer in congrega –
tion in the Mosque. She was asked why she had come out for the prayer as she knew that Umar dis –
liked it, and he has great ghaira (self-respect). She replied, “What prevents him from stopping me
from this act?” The other replied, “The statement of Allah’s Apostle (p.b.u.h): ‘Do not stop Allah’s wo –
men-slave from going to Allah s Mosques’ prevents him.”
Volume 2, Book 13, Number 39:
Narrated Az-Zuhri:
I heard As-Saib bin Yazid, saying, “In the life-time of Allah’s Apostle, and Abu Bakr and Umar, the
Adhan for the Jumua prayer used to be pronounced after the Imam had taken his seat on the pulpit.
But when the people increased in number during the caliphate of ‘Uthman, he introduced a third
Adhan (on Friday for the Jumua prayer) and it was pronounced at Az-Zaura’ and that new state of
affairs remained so in the succeeding years.